poem by     poem

we can end the violence

every day                after

            every other day

9 killed in Charleston, South Carolina

they are not 9 they

are each one

                          alive

we do not know

            you have a poem to offer

it is made of action--you must

search for it       run

outside and give your life to it

when you find it     walk it

back--blow upon it

carry it taller than the city where you live

when the blood comes down

do not ask         if

         it is your blood       it

is made of

           9          drops

                     honor them

wash them stop them

from falling


haggadah Section: -- Ten Plagues
Source: Mishkan HaSeder