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YOM KIPPUR | SONNET | POETRY
Judgement Day
Yom Kippur
Sep 21, 2026
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If I could trouble Your Divineness
for some forgiveness on this day
I would consider it a kindness.
Exoneration, if I may,
is hardly warranted, but pity,
if one goes to the nitty-gritty,
is why we got you, after all.
To be forever on our call,
to reassure, support, and even,
if divine mercy would allow,
to take a curtsy and a bow
as a request to be forgiven.
And so I bow my head and ask.
I hope you’re equal to the task.
