Prediction

Einstein said: the Fourth World War will be a war of stones

But he was wrong; the War of Stones had started, in a Third World way, already

But he was right: that it would be a War of Stones, because he helped –

He helped create a little State where stones are thrown with deadly skill

Then tanks roll in, and throwers fade away; the tanks retreat, and throwers fill the street

 

And so it goes, in fits and starts, Daood against goliath David

Einstein said: the Fourth World War will be a war of stones

But Einstein lacked the brains to see the War of Stones would be a war he’d help create –

The conflict played-out every day beneath the warming sun that beats upon a geographic sliver

Within that rocky pathway, North to South, the tribes that ruled had beaten-down the lesser ones

 

Amongst the ruling tribes, the Prophets came and went, their warnings disregarded

The Prophets told of cities turned, in time, to piles of stones; but leaders laughed –

The Prophets went ignored; so too were piles of stones, until one day –

A day would come when Einstein saw a future war, a War of Stones

But he was wrong; the War of Stones had started, in a Third World way.