Giving Thanks
Narishkeit.
Foolishness.
Thanksgiving celebration.
A national religious holiday.
Assur, assur.
To go after their ways.
The rabbonim permit a celebration,
But not for their holiday.
To join with the secular community
Does not feel right.
To celebrate Sukkos
At the wrong time of year.
Forbidden.
Make it a normal day.
Avoid the turkey.
Be thankful for the break.
http://www.rm-f.net/~batshua/poems/Giving%20Thanks.html
Politically Correct
I call you a goy,
A member of another nation.
But now most gentiles
Take offense.
What am I to call you?
Hebrew doesn't have a word for you.
Lo-Yehudi.
Not a Jew.
Can I say that?
Is it okay?
Maybe you find the distinction itself
An insult.
But you are not
The same as I.
I feel the need
To clarify.
http://www.rm-f.net/~batshua/poems/Politically%20Correct.html
