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This last poem, as I told
you, is called "Tourists,"

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which is from his recent book.

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And I had someone
translate it for this tour.

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"Tourists."

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"They come to pay us
condolence visits.

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They squat at the
Holocaust Memorial.

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They put on grave faces
at the Wailing Wall,

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and they laugh behind heavy
curtains in their hotels.

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They have their pictures taken
together with famous dead

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at Rachel's tomb and Hertz's
tomb and on Ammunition Hill.

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They lament the beauty
of our boys and lust

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for the harshness of our girls.

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And they hang their
underwear for quick drying

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in cool and blue bathrooms."

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The last part of
this poem is prose.

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"Once I was sitting on the
steps of David's citadel

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in the old city.

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I had put my two heavy-loaded
baskets next to me.

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There was a group of tourists
standing around their guide,

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and I became their
target marker.

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You see that man
with his baskets,

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a little to the
right of his head,

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you can see this arch
from the Roman period.

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Yes, a little to the
right of his head.

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But he's moving.

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He's moving.

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I said to myself,
redemption can come

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only if they will be told--

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you see that arch
from the Roman period?

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Never mind.

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But next to it, a little
further down to the left,

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there sits a man who has
bought fruits and vegetables

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for his family."

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Thank you very much.

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