The Schmooze

POEM: ‘Shabbat’

By Hank Lazer December 5, 2014

this morning

i am

at rest

hidden

beneath

a prayer

shawl

draped

over my

head

i am

chanting

your

name

the un

pronounceable

one

something

indistinct

whispering

through

my lips

ruach

the breath

you

gave me

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