"Two Nations in Thy Womb" by Igor Ulanovsky

You dream Jerusalem, I only know
too much of wheelchairs to forget pharaoh.
You taste Kiddush cup, Grail's goblet;
I gulp dawn's coffee with a rushed doughnut
or have a hamburger with cheap Bordeaux.

You touch Jerusalem beyond credo,
your hands and arms, slow muscles kneading dough.
I seek a sign, waste time, consult comets;
you dream Jerusalem.

Below the earth in a secret grotto
you sing Jerusalem with soft cello.
I trumpet echoes to your strong song; cut
your God-sky to a window: when shut,
I can play prophet to no end although
you dream Jerusalem.

(first published in "The NeoVictorian / Cochlea")

Bio: Robert was born on Nov 4, 1954 in Dubuque, Iowa. He received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1977, and enrolled in the Math Department's Master's degree program in the fall.In May of 1978, during the last week of the school year, he had a brain hemorrhage (left side, affecting speech & right side of body) while he was lecturing in complex analysis. Robert completed work for his MS in Math in 1981. He has been working for the US Air Force at Nellis AFB in various computer related jobs (database management, programming, and system administration) since 1982.

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Contact Robert Meyer II at robert.meyer@nellis.af.mil