Malcolm Streitfeld
Anchor Staff Writer
Canaanite
Hittite
Amorite
Perizzite
Hivite
Jebusite
land
milk
honey
Scatter the words
Scramble the pages
of Torah blend together
in my head
Verses bleed into inky blobs
Parade parade!
Rejoice! Rejoice!
Colorful costumes
Line the streets smiling
Giggling, laughing, playing
Breathing quickens
Maelstrom of merriment
White horses patrol diligently
Eyes sore from sleepless nights
Moving pupils back and forth
Diagonally, side to side
Want to laugh and cry
Don't know when to laugh
And when to cry
Forbidden from joining in
By a discordant neural network
Parade parade!
Escape! Escape!
Whirling carriage
Loudspeaker makes a
loud speaker
Festival music
Hebrew tunes
Sends my mind a skittering
Skittering
Skittering
Back to bedroom
Tears in eyes
Glad I went and saw
So why does it
hurt so much?
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