Build the porch wide,
ignore ethnic abstractions-
that is what it means to be a good neighbor.
Talk in the streets,
wave the news of tomorrow
in yesterday's face. Be adamant & friendly.
Add to whatever
list of virtues they discover,
that time-worn blueblood, love.
Yet in the hubub of obeisance,
welcome that outsider:
forbearance.
Disregard this guest; it may chance no
falling sword will break your feast.
But, neighbor, answer me
this: can love draw a circle that leaves him out?
(Judith did and look what happened to Holofernes)
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