Such A Thirsty Lawn

Various attempts at written poetry by Jonathan E. Magen

Summer 2024

Tone it down.

Shabbat getting ever earlier,

As we count down.

The sun beats down.

Shade yielding no respite,

From the horror.

Such close stickiness from,

The thickest humidity.

Water: confiscated.

The ballpark wants you to have,

Some twelve-dollar beers.

Pits in a bowl.

I ate the last,

Several cherries.

The shrubs wither.

Neighborhood gardens? Stunted.

Such a thirsty lawn.

On the floor.

Such beautiful writing,

And structure,

Recall our darkness.

Chanting echoes without repetition.

אור היום וחם הלילה

הרגו את הפרחים

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