Lawrence Hall, HSG
Mhall46184@aol.com

                                 A Good Enough Leaf-Time

No more the withered summer-browns of death
Crumbling and sere upon the dry and crackling ground
Beneath a Rime of the Ancient Mariner sky -
Leaves in autumn colours are falling now

Pale greens, poor yellows, weak reds, but good enough
To decorate this time of early frosts
With appropriate merriment, good enough
To rake into playtime heaps for children and dogs

These modest scenes will attract no peepers this year
But I will send you a snap – it’s good enough!

Lawrence Hall, HSG
Mhall46184@aol.com

                                             A Gift of Omelettes

                                               For Max and Tod

We leave the comfort of a little fire
And repair to the kitchen for a morning repast
Of bacon crisp, of toast from homebaked bread
And omelettes more golden than the morning sun

The dogs come with us, for something good might fall
To be nipped before it ever hits the floor
And the fireside conversation begun
Continues around the festive Dickension board

Old friends, old dogs, and Christmas coming soon
And omelettes - altogether a happy boon!

Lawrence Hall, HSG
Mhall46184@aol.com

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                                  At Yevna Something Happened

The Talmud is to this day the circulating heart's blood of the Jewish religion. Whatever laws, customs or ceremonies we observe-whether we are orthodox, conservative, reform or merely spasmodic sentimentalists - we follow the Talmud. It is our common law.

                                       -Herman Wouk

At Yevna something happened, something quite real
Though no one seems to know exactly how
Those who entered as priests arose as rabbis
Carrying Talmud out into the world

At Yevna something happened

Ben Zakkai and Gamaliel sit at your table
Your study table, a house of wisdom in Yevna
Where all may come to study Mishnah and Gemara
Where the lamp of peace is lit on Sabbath eve

At Yevna something happened

G-d sees to it that even a few holy books
The wisdom of the sages
The library of the ages
Are Yevna written into your modest home

At Yevna something happened



Note: The quote from Herman Wouk might not be exactly as he wrote in 1959; I was following an elusive and shape-shifting cut-and-paste text through a trackless forest of quotations.

Lawrence Hall, HSG
Mhall46184@aol.com

                        Our SSuper Dooper Ubergruppenpooper

In every generation there rises a toxic SSap
This one wears a SSoviet-red plastic cap
If you obey mindleSSly, SStand, and clap
You too can be hiSS little SStormy trooper

Obey!

Our SSuper Dooper Ubergruppenpooper

Make hiSS perSSonal SSluSSh fundSS great again
He’ll grab you by your wuSSy; ya like it, then?
Now go to jail for him if you’re real men
And SSurrender your SSoul; exiSSt in a SStupor

Obey!

Our SSuper Dooper Ubergruppenpooper

SSo throw away your life for that coSSmic blooper
Our SSuper Dooper Ubergruppenpooper

Lawrence Hall, HSG
Mhall46184@aol.com

         An Old Man in the Hardware Store Considers Autumn

                   “And He has poured down for you the rain”

                                                       -Joel 2:23

“When I’m through here,” he laughed, “I’m going home
I’m going to sit and listen to the rain
My hayfield’s all burnt up, my yard is dead
So I’m gonna to let the rain sing me to sleep”

We said our good-byes to the driest summer ever
And a thank you, Jesus for sweet rain at last
Next to the paper sacks of deer-bait corn
And a display of made-in-China tools

The wind blew open the heavy double doors
And the rain blew with it, and we were glad

Lawrence Hall, HSG
Mhall46184@aol.com

                              Homeless Man Found Murdered

He had nothing
And even that nothing
Was stolen from him