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“Of the first letter spoken, / The silence of Aleph / Held all things…”
“Today, mirroring the primordial, cosmic Creation Moment, we renew this connection; / we renew and refresh ourselves with teshuvah…”
“For the length of a medical visit my imagination roamed the wreckage of another’s mind and hers, mine…” 
“they are far / unreachable / underground…”
“My mikveh is gone and swallowed up in this dark place. Where can I find peace?”
“When my cold dead hand brushed against Aaron’s collar,/his soul purred with a satisfied hymn of approval…”
What was the artist’s aim? / To say … Here I am
“Birth canal of sound / Twisting and spiraling through time and space…”
Every journey in life leads into the unknown.

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