The sound of metal on metal.
The sound of metal on bone.
Goat-trails on Judean hills.
Crowds surging against a gate.
A grudge passed down from father to son.
Buzzing on the radio.
The struggle to cooperate.
A bite of camphor in the air.
Rolling fields of rice, endless rows of corn.
A sacred cow’s swaying fat.
Red wine at the victory feast.
Brown water sloshing from a bucket.
Rumors of the city.
The music of the desert.
Shanty towns and mausoleums.
Skyscrapers and pain medication.
A child playing in an orchard.
The wail of sirens.
A sigh of violins.
The splash at the bottom of the well.
Warehouses full of paper.
Neighbors screaming through the wall.
A bottle smashed on brick.
A broken promise.
Sweat on the parchment.
A gathering of friends.
A man dying in a valley.
A woman sobbing in an empty room.