He touched
the perfect body of Suzanne
with his mind,
then wrote a poem about it.
Or was it a song?
I touched more than just one woman,
and in more ways
than just with my mind.
With this greater achievement,
my poem
must be far better
than his.
Hallelujah.
(Editor’s note: poet Shai Ben-Shalom, an Israeli-born biologist, examines current events in the Blacklock’s tradition each and every Sunday)
