This very poignant Ryfkah, a plea that I imagine could be made more striking 
when being read out to an audience. With all the pauses and the emotions in 
the voice. Best wishes Sally J


>From: Ryfkah * <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: New: Don't Put Me Behind a Wall
>Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2006 19:07:26 EDT
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>Don't Put Me Behind a Wall
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>This wall will solve our sibling
>struggle    Ishmael and Israel to
>unshroud salaam    shalom
>
>Don't put me behind a wall
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>The Western Wall fills
>with paper petitioning
>what is lost what is found
>
>Don't put me behind a wall
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>Like Joshua's blare
>the Berlin Wall tumbled down
>an iron curtain soon to follow
>
>Don't put me behind a wall
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>The Great Wall scratched with
>graffiti begs for our daughters’
>lives    hears oppression's moans
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>Don't put me behind a wall
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>A husband forges his life
>forgets family memento
>hunts ego
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>Don't put me behind a wall
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>…but behind a wall
>my prayers wail
>and are acknowledged
>
>like fireflies in summer
>tinted leaves in autumn
>snow angels in winter
>tulips in spring
>
>Ryfkah 4/15/06