[Newspoetry] HOW WE MAY COME TO EAT WHAT WE MAY

[DL Emerick]

IS IT KOSHER?  --  IS "IT" KOSHER?
 
I'D ASK THAT QUESTION JUST NOW,
IF ONLY I KNEW WHAT "IT" IS,
BY MY OWN UNDERSTANDING OF IT.
 
BUT I DON'T, DON'T YOU SEE,
IT ISN'T A QUESTION OF ME,
BUT OF US, TOGETHER, TO BE,
FORMING A QUESTION AS ONE.
 
DOES THE ANSWER MATTER,
IN SOME ABSOLUTE SENSE,
INDEPENDENT OF YOU AND ME?
 
HE MADE EVERYTHING FOR US,
AND HE TAUGHT US TO ASK,
IS THIS GOOD FOR YOU AND ME,
ARE WE READY FOR THIS THING?
THIS IT, IS IT KOSHER FOR US?
 
OUR FATHERS AND OUR MOTHERS,
OUR SISTERS AND OUR BROTHERS,
ALL RELY UPON BEING TOGETHER,
WHEN WE EAT TOGETHER,
WHAT WE MAY GATHER,
AND THEY WANT TO KNOW.
IS IT KOSHER HOW WE GO,
THIS FOOD YOU SET BEFORE US?
 
WAS IT GATHERED AND PREPARED,
PLACED BEFORE US IN A CONTEXT,
CIRCUMSTANCES AND CONDITIONS,
WHERE WE AS ONE MAY DECLARE,
IT IS KOSHER AND WE MAY EAT?
 
 
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