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“I almost giggle when I find myself whispering / a long-forgotten prayer.”
Don’t fret about terms, / she croons. / Just watch the squirrels
Hear, O Israel / the prayer was dance / Adonai Eloheinu / there were no pews
what does ethereal mean / when is the pool open for lap swimming / what’s happening in the middle east
As I bend / hanging laundry on the drying rack / my back twinges    but just a little
You glimmer in my rearview mirror Quick look, there’s no one in the / back of the car. Yet, / you
To love an idea can be quite quite / satisfying but only the body, beloved, / is holy, holy, holy.
“Every step along the way is it’s own journey…”
“We do not want to choose whose child will live and whose will die.”
Those they call vile things / are an homage / to Her beauty

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