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A Shabbat PoemFebruary 14, 2008
From Marge Piercy's The Art of Blessing the Day
WELLFLEEET SHABBAT
The hawk eye of the sunslowly shuts. The breast of the bay is softly feathered dove gray. The sky is barred like the sand when the tide trickles out. The great doors of shabbat are swinging open over the ocean, loosing the moon floating up slow distorted vast a copper balloon just sailing free. The wind slides over the waves, patting them with its giant hand, and the sea stretches its muscles in the deep, purrs and rolls over. The sweet beeswax candles flicker and sigh, standing between the phlox and the roast chicken. The wine shines its red lantern of joy. Here on this piney sandspit, the Shekinah comes on the short strong wings of the seaside sparrow raising her song and bringing down the fresh clean night. Shabbat Shalom! 
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