April 23, 2005
Passover
Passover again
my house
at six
twenty two
of us
children
grown
and coupled
return
finally
friendly to
each other
three of us
are missing
watching from
beyond
paper plates
potluck
chicken soup
matzo balls
kugel
haroset
brisket
homemade horseradish
Manischewitz
the story
of Passover
read in turn from
homemade booklets
stapled
frayed
and spotted
from seders past
reverence
irreverence
singing
laughter
political commentary
enslavement
freedom
all the
big questions
a celebration
punctuating
the continuity
and discontinuity
of life