Dancing Dust
	Poems by Mollie Caird (1922-2000)
	Survival: The Unholy Land
Home Alphabetic index of poems Thematic index of poems Biography Gallery Contact and links	The lizard depends on speed and agility, Chameleon relies on baffling camouflage ―     The saurian is older than the Syrian. The emmet depends on subduing the self To a mechanically perfect Marxist economy ―     The ant is more successful than the Israelite. The wheatear, the whitethroat, the wagtail fly south To find a new season in a new hemisphere ―     The birds migrate without impedimenta. Men put their hats on their heads in the synagogue, Men take the shoes off their feet in the mosque ―     Then go outside and rattle off machine-guns. Reptiles distil the wisdom of antiquity, Ants have invented flawless kibbutzim ―     Birds have the knack of adaptation. Does Allah weep, Adonai rend his garments? The hyena laughs, he has a full belly ―     Vultures are great opportunists. 1977 The Dancing Dust and other poems, 1983