Red Sea
parted living
liquid God
take a breath
weathered Moses
set foot
a measured quest
on that giving
ancient place
speak of dreams
lofty in that
prophetic space
people it seems
swept up
in that
immigration race
out of one
mitigating desert
into some other 
world of consuming
singing sand dunes
Moses reassured
camel backs
a desert ass
once carrying
pastoral truth
along with
that unassuming
spectred wrath
of assuming man 
those stone tablets
resume God
that burning bush
so tell me
what treasure
whose commandments
can there ever be
besides a prayer
pleasing God
let me see
pleasure my lord
let me be
desert leisure 
X into Y
enacting Z
of factual things
we actually buy
what can
everything is possible
go wrong
let me fly
but we 
all know that
spectral truth
is just a sip
of ceremonious poison
a wretched trip
drowned in sweet
Zionist vermouth
so Gaza parted
while trying Egypt 
standing silent
reported violence
just outside
their Palestine
purported door
while resigned Moses
standing there
stares out to sea
wondering what
about Jewish justice
wondering who
not just God
would next
be set free 
just like old
pondering Moses
wondering exactly
if not you
then why me

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