Lustrous blackbirds sit on the adobe wall
and read torah to the world.
Sky and hurrying fog bear and wrap
the thought of an old man whose breath once
moved men across oceans.
Images and shrill voices from continents away
wash over his bed.
Lustrous blackbirds sit on the adobe wall
and read torah to the world.
Sky and hurrying fog bear and wrap
the thought of an old man whose breath once
moved men across oceans.
Images and shrill voices from continents away
wash over his bed.