LETTER TO MOSES, JESUS AND MOHAMMED: A POEM
(A poem by Feroz Mehdi from Jerusalem)
I met all of you.
It didn’t take long
as you all live in the same neighborhood.
In fact, it saved me money in taxi.
But it took time
getting to your neighbourhood.
I am sure you have heard,
since you know all,
about this new wall.
By the way,
it is ugly.
A real misfit
surrounding your beautiful monuments.
Aesthetically disgusting, insulting to all senses.
But there is more to it.
It divides, it restricts, it excludes.
It is humiliating.
I have a suggestion:
Why don’t you all emigrate?
Seriously, it is a globalized world.
Here you are staying at the lowest point on earth,
let me negotiate for you
the highest place on earth
in the Himalayas.
This way
you will be on the top of everything
and we will be happy living in peace.