Lee Diamond – Tattoos and Brit
It’s come to my attention
That “Brit Milah”
Is considered by some savvy young
Jews to be barbaric.
A remnant of the distant past
An act of aggression on the part
Of parents to mutilate their
Poor unsuspecting male child!
An act of genital rape
Against or at least without
The consent of the newborn .
Creating an irreversible reality
For the 8 day old male child forever
Since the days of Abraham we’ve been
Mutilating our Jewish “princes ! ”
4000 years of genital rape
By Jewish parents who aim to hurt
Their babies and to force them
Without the child’s consent to be different.
It’s not enough to live our lives
With Freudian and Woody Allan
Jewish Guilt
Now we have a real reason to be really
guilty!
How can we be so primitive –so 4000 year “oldish ?”
Why don’t we behave like the age we live in?
Do away with the old and bring in the savvy
21st century Jew who knows better! Who care more
And love their children more
Who are more with it?
Leave the penis to its owner!
If these savvy young Jews are correct
We should also avoid choosing
To educate our kids as Jews or Americans or Israelis
Or enlightened young beings
Or “Any things” and just allow them to choose
When they’re old enough to understand!
Don’t make decisions of the mind
Or the Flesh
For our kids.
Don’t even build their educational curricula!
Or help them to choose a value system.
Lay it all Out
Dfor them to choose from!
Be that the flag of Israel
Or the Hatikva
Or the Star Spangled Banner
Or the flag of Isis
Or Jewish or
Buddhist identity .
But God Forbid
Don’t be primitive
Enough as to define an identity
for our kids
Or to inscribe into their flesh
The irreversible definition of their
Jewish identity
Earrings– ok for all
Nose rings –fine
Belly button rings — no problem
Tongue and lip rings —nothing worth speaking of
And TATOOS
Wallah
Cool
So “with it!”
So millennial
So modern
Every where
Anywhere
Visible and in hidden places
But irreversible
And defining for a lifetime
Despite our growth and change.
TATOOS are permanent
Brit is permanent
TATOOS are arbitrary
Brit is intentional
TATOOS decorate
Brit makes you
Part of something
With eternal values
Which has kept us unique!l
Did you get this
“Brit kept us Jews”
It’s our great secret!l
Brit is an act of choosing
A value system
Which is passed from
Generation to Generation
Since we Chose or were chosen!
Maybe that is why the Torah
Commands us to make the covenant
Of the flesh–the Brit
And forbids us to TATOO our God created
Body!
Of flesh and blood!
