Tuesday, December 24, 2019

My Beloved Had a Vineyard

Let me sing  to my beloved
(I won’t tell who)
a song, touching their vineyard—
planted upon a hill.
But the grapes it bore were wild,
so troopers laid it waste—
wild grapes of Palestine
trodden in the dust.
To spite my beloved’s vineyard,
ICE agents came and razed
its posts and trellises.
Now let me sing a song
to my beloved, touching their vineyard—
a desolated hearth,
a field sown with death,
because it’s grapes were wild.
I am my beloved’s
and their desire is towards me.
We will drink of our vineyard.