Thursday, June 17, 2010

My Two Coins

Talmud says a word is worth one coin,
silence worth two 
Different silence lingers here
Untalking strangers on a train waft silence
like humid Southern air
Untalking souls on a street caress silence
like a woman in want of a lover
Zorah says silence is good everywhere
but in connection to Torah


On a train
in a Southern summer
the week my father died


my soul silently screams for God

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