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“And the darkness of evening becomes the light of Shabbat…”
“Instead of color and shape and symbols or frame / I ponder what is holy…”
“I, my child, / will never tire / of bringing you / morning worm…”
“The child / had suckled my breast, but / would call another mother.”
“Each breath a prayer. Each breath a Hope.”
“Imagine Moses / leading the slaves out of Egypt on Zoom…”
The text is taken completely from the source, but arranged as a found poem.
“I feel whole for having finally embraced / those living waters and the Jewish people and / myself.”
“There is holiness / in the face of a flower…”
“Make room beyond the river for my sister, who / is singing Miriam’s song…”

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