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Poetry

Vox pandemicae

by Yehiel E. Poupko in the August 12, 2020 issue
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to the making
of books
no end

vanity of vanities
in viral times
poems
prayers
sermons
meditations
hosts
of pieties

vanity of vanities
is this
the worship
I choose
go feed
go clothe
and be
mercifully still

 

This poem appears in the August 12, 2020 issue.

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