The would-be 
secessionist from Israel’s etiquette 
(shielding pliant Jewesses from shame 
less glances 
And the giving 
of just percentages 
to matrimonial intermediaries) 
is spiritually intrigued 
by die Anglo-Saxon phenomenon 
of Virginity 
delightfully 
on its own defensive! 
This pouting 
pearl beyond price 
flouting 
the male pretentions 
to its impervious surface 
Alice the gentile 
Exodus the jew 
after a few 
feverish tiffs 
and reparations 
chiefly conveyed in exclamations 
- - a means of expression 
modified by lack of experience - 
unite their variance 
in marriage 
Exodus 
Oriental 
mad to melt 
with something softer than himself 
clasps with soothing pledges 
his wild rose of the hedges 
While she 
expecting