Muddled City

No one really knows whether
to stay put or to get the hell out.

The bricks, windows, plaster walls,
and people shudder at the thought
of being blown up.

Will New York, D.C., L.A. become
just another shattered Jerusalem?

We rush this way and that
in a befuddled muddle.

Al Qaeda and Hezbollah
only think jihad.