After the rabbi’s game repeating back
Adam Kirsch
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After the rabbi’s game repeating back
Of anecdotes he heard an hour before,
But edited to bland endorsements like
Those on a dating-service questionnaire—
Funny, liked to travel, good with kids—
How can he ask the mourners to believe
In anything he says the Psalmist said?





