by Eddie Aderne

“A 3,500-year-old jar has been accidentally smashed into pieces by a four-year-old boy
during a trip to a museum in Israel. … The boy’s father, Alex, said his son ‘pulled the jar slightly”
because he was ‘curious about what was inside’, causing it to fall. … The Hecht Museum said the child
has been invited back to the exhibition with his family for an organised tour…”
—BBC

He tipped the jar, and out the whole gang flew:
War, Sickness, Famine, Rage, Confusion too,
Terror, Fatigue, Old Hatred, Wasted Breath,
Hypocrisy, Indifference, and Death:
Blood-riddles, far beyond a toddler’s scope;
But something else he found there: Hope. We hope.