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in the SukkahLit. hut or booth A temporary hut constructed outdoors for use during Sukkot, the autumn harvest festival. Many Jews observe the mitzvah of living in the Sukkah for the week of Sukkot, including taking their meals and sleeping in the Sukkah.
body circumscribing soul
a temporary shelter
on good days happy here
labor good
and fruit delicious
but when rain gets in
peeking through the veil
of leafy branches
to beyond
not content just being
rooted to the floor
to be weightless
in some space-booth
able to float up at will
to push off earth
and feel the sky
of
I
in the Sukkah
body circumscribing soul
