04-07-2022, 03:13 PM
There's a grand tradition
of Jews giving promise
to America, redeeming
as Jesus tried with all humanity.
Jesus was a Jew. The Statue of Liberty,
when she spoke those fateful words
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses..."
spoke with a Jewish mouth. And in the wilderness
of decaying billboards, collapsing towers, and half-buried UXOs
a Jewish tenor quietly intones
"Darling, never dream another
woman might have been your mother..."
But dreams are second nature
to you, America,
and hate an older
grander tradition. God save us all.
of Jews giving promise
to America, redeeming
as Jesus tried with all humanity.
Jesus was a Jew. The Statue of Liberty,
when she spoke those fateful words
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses..."
spoke with a Jewish mouth. And in the wilderness
of decaying billboards, collapsing towers, and half-buried UXOs
a Jewish tenor quietly intones
"Darling, never dream another
woman might have been your mother..."
But dreams are second nature
to you, America,
and hate an older
grander tradition. God save us all.