Yonatan
Yona Wallach
1966
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This text includes depictions of violence. The text provides insight into Jewish history; however, The Posen Library does not condone or promote violence or oppression of any kind.
I run on the bridge
and the children follow
Yonatan
Yonatan they call
a little blood
just a little blood to finish up the honey
I’d let them pierce me with tacks
but the children want
and they are children
and I am Yonatan
They cut off my head with a gladiola stalk
gather my head
in two gladiola stalks and wrap
my head in rustling paper
Yonatan
Yo…
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