I
The Torah says let
your slaves go after six years.
I say don’t own slaves.
II
Eye for eye, tooth for
tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
and so on and on.
III
Virgins. Animals.
So many rules on who you
can’t get jiggy with.
IV
You don’t have to tell
me twice to help the donkey
of my enemy.
V
I wonder if the
gluten free worry about
the unleavened feast.
VI
Anyone you meet
could be the one who was sent –
angel among us.
VII
Up he goes to write
down all that has happened and
all that will happen.