Riding the El

A person drapes a white, embroidered tallit over their shoulders, hand resting on their chest.

“I almost giggle when I find myself whispering / a long-forgotten prayer.”

The Word is Wood

A person drapes a white, embroidered tallit over their shoulders, hand resting on their chest.

Hear, O Israel /
the prayer was dance /
Adonai Eloheinu /
there were no pews

Hitbodedut

A person drapes a white, embroidered tallit over their shoulders, hand resting on their chest.

You glimmer in my rearview mirror
Quick look, there’s no one in the /
back of the car. Yet, /
you

The Flesh and the Body

A person drapes a white, embroidered tallit over their shoulders, hand resting on their chest.

To love an idea can be quite quite /
satisfying but only the body, beloved, /
is holy, holy, holy.

To Endure

A small stream flows through lush green grass and dense plants in a peaceful, wooded area.

“We do not want to choose whose child will live and whose will die.”

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