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St George's News

Waterlooville's Parish Magazine

A SONNET INSPIRED BY LITTLE ELLIE

Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
So tarnished now with Jew and Arab blood;
The tears that fall at the holy Wailing Wall
Are now an unremitting flowing flood.
Those temple stones of yore, King Solomon,
Are crying out in dire despair; we need,
We need your mighty wisdom, Solomon,
Can you not hear? For pity's sake take heed.

And Blake, that sacred ancient eastern place,
That so immortalised your glorious work,
What of it now, now that it has become
A wounded site where heinous evils lurk.
The echoes reach out, even for Ellie to see,
"That song", she said, "it sad's me, Dad, sad's me."

Hampshire, February 2001

 Ellie is Gerry's six year old grandchild.

Gerry Marfleet

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