Who is the Man?
The high school student in me cries,
Blow their brains out once and for all.
The college student in me says,
Learn Arabic and Hebrew, see both sides.
Both sides? My inner-graduate student asks.
If only there were only two!
While the grandfather in me sings
the kids to sleep with Psalm 34:
Netzor leshoncha meira’ / Guard your tongue from evil/
U-sfatecha midaber mirma/ And your lips from speaking guile /
Sur meira v’aseh tov/ Turn away from evil and do good/
Bakesh shalom verodfehu./ Seek peace and pursue it. /
Le chaim