And Imam and a Rabbi Walk in the Woods
אימאם ורב מטיילים ביער
إمام وحاخام يتجولان في الغابة

They don’t    speak
Why should    they
The trees  shading
the trail care  little
for what they may
say       &     no one
along   their    way
asks  to  see   their
hands        judging
who  has    redder
blood stains    The
trees   don’t  judge
Flags of  blue  and
green are left   be-
hind   Just   leaves
to  fly  in  the  soft 
breeze  displaying
but  the  colors  of
fall         They  and
their         dancing
branches      make 
the  only    sounds
No podcasters   or
snapchatters     or
youtubers          or
tik tokkers          to
pollute fresh    air
Even the      Torah
and Quran       are
not here           left
behind in     shuls
and         mosques
in the   holy cities
their      most pre-
sient points     not
read   just    book-
marked            for
another          day

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                                                 of a High Holy Day
                                                 edition of the Pittsburgh
                                                 Jewish Chronicle pub-
                                                 lished many years ago.