Tourists
Topics: classic
Visits of condolence is all we get from them. They squat at the Holocaust Memorial, They put on grave faces at the Wailing Wall And they laugh behind heavy curtains In their hotels. They have their pictures taken Together with our famous dead At Rachel's Tomb and Herzl's Tomb And on Ammunition Hill. They weep over our sweet boys And lust after our tough girls And hang up their underwear To dry quickly In cool, blue bathrooms.
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"Visits of condolence is all we get from them...."
Exploring the themes of classic, Yehuda Amichai delivers a powerful performance in "Tourists"... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...