maybe we should have insisted on staying where it was good
twelve freshwater springs of the Alimah Oasis
and seventy date palms and manna
morning of Sunday 16 of Eyar manna came down
the oasis before Amalek, before the golden calf
before all the crusades, pogroms, and persecution
nice, warm, cozy and safe like a fetus
in a warm bath womb – life in utero
and from Marra already learning
about Shabbat and the red heifer
wonder why emerge at all into this world
air of relentless trials, war, and pain – real life
Songs of a Soul of Israel 