rosners domain

at 500 oclock this morning
the morning after standing in the blasing heat for two hours
at the military gathering where my eldest son
recieved his purple beret (marking the end of the first stage of basic training in the givati brigade)
stumbled upon rosners domain
while surfing the haaretz website in english
for a change.
glimpsed the articles and the readers letters rosner brings
discussing israels place vis a vis american jewry.
realised that jewish, american, and israeli identities
simmer and occassionally come to conflict within myself.
this dialogue or trialogue goes on bilingually
sometimes in english
sometimes in hebrew
mostly in the desert
on a small towns fringes
overlooking scenery abraham himself
and hagar saw
herds of sheep and goats pass by our living room window daily
as do the occassional camel.
because the dialogue is ongoing