How to Traverse a Desert in Your Body: The Road to Torah on Shavuot

1. plant yourself

in the place

of No Planting

 

2. watch the

stretches of

your mother

and father

speak dust

 

path

is passed

is Path

 

and your

mouth

now full

with 

Y(our)

flowers

 

3. World

Old

becomes

World

New

again

 

 

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