We are the magicians
it is more than staff into snake we seek.
We dream a sentence into life.
We must.
We are skilled in the kitchen
of language and longing
baking leftover letters
into nourishment
for our hungry.
MiriamMiriam is the sister of Moses and Aaron. As Moses' and Aaron's sister she, according to midrash, prophesies Moses' role and helps secure it by watching over the young baby, seeing to it that Pharaoh's daughter takes him and that the baby is returned to his mother for nursing. During the Israelites' trek through the desert, a magical well given on her behalf travels with the Israelites, providing water, healing, and sustenance. you are our finest
patchwork kittelA white robe in which one is buried. Also worn at Passover, on Yom Kippur, and at one's wedding as a symbol of rebirth.
dusty scraps from history’s cutting floor
silk like grandmother’s lips
and new truths ablaze
with laughing
and the murmur of girls
studying TalmudThe rabbinic compendium of lore and legend composed between 200 and 500 CE. Study of the Talmud is the focus of rabbinic scholarship. The Talmud has two versions, the main Babylonian version (Bavli) and the smaller Jerusalem version (Yerushalmi). It is written in Rabbinic Hebrew and Aramaic. and dance.
Miriam we kiss your fringes
gulp down the water
we bless with your name.
Miriam, on this night we are free
Five thousand years of desert
and now everywhere wells.
