Yet Thirty Days

...Translated by Hillel ffafftm Translation 'Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature...

...Yet Thirty Days Aharon Almog Yet thirty days and Nineveh shall be overthrown If you don't believe me go see for yourselves Bring back souvenirs Buy dresses hats Tell your children unto the nth generation How she was thrown over with her legs sticking up in the air How the buildings toppled down ¦ how the elevators rose How the cars whizzed by without stoplights For a whole hour The banks on all the corners the automatic tellers the ice cream the traffic cops I tell you Nineveh shall be overthrown Don't wait for the next cost-of-notliving index Sell everything The mountain shall give birth to a molehill The sun shall give birth to a moon The man shall give birth to a woman And he who stood on the deserted platform Waiting and waiting without having known That Nineveh was overthrown Had tickets to the late Show ifs unbelievable There wasn't even an announcement The scribbler shall give birth to a scribbler Where the hell am I supposed to find workers said the building contractor They've all gone to a picnic I only have plastic bags today said the milkman And the man eating sunflower seeds in the square Said to his wife trailing after him will you just look at all that Paper It must be some kind of holiday...