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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000060.txt from 2004/09

From: Oboeeee@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] Quote of the Day
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 21:16:22 -0400


SHOFAR BLOWER

The shofar blower keens a melody,
An old melody to God.
Above him=E2=80=94
A sky without stars,
Primordial darkness lost in darkness,
The shofar blower keens a melody:
Teki=E2=80=99ah, Teru=E2=80=99ah, Shebarim.

The blackness=E2=80=94a wind, a wall,
There is no congregation,
No quorum at all.
The shofar blower keens a melody,
An old melody:
Hallelujah.

Near him, an extinguished thorn,
As he stares into even blacker darkness,
The shofar blower keens a melody,
An old melody,
And waits=E2=80=94
The thorn shall begin to burn,
A flame shall inscribe on a wall.
Above him, a sky without stars,
And primordial darkness,
And deadly venom.
But this does not interrupt,
Does not silence the horn:
Teki=E2=80=99ah,
Teru=E2=80=99ah,
Shebarim.=20

-Kadya Molodowsky (1894-1975) Yiddish poet and writer
Warsaw, Poland

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