coptics catholics orthodox
everyone but jews and arabs
wait for something other than heat
to rise and burn off
something holy
out of the ordinary
christ
palms
a priest
there is talk
he may come
he may rise again
over the cemetery
an arab booby trap
under the wall there are old streets
stone instead of asphalt
columns instead of curbstone
crosses instead of street signs
there is talk he will come
blink and watch us disappear
or believe everything he had ever said
