Gravedigger

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El na refa na lah;

please God, bring healing

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I sink-

heels kissing earth

in mockery, lacking only

an epitaph, to

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lower heads, drop eyes-

but not to you

who lies quietly in our midst,

cold and beautiful, waiting whilst

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stones crumble

eroding no slower

than their contents

which remain hidden, humiliated, I

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weep

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"Y'hei sh'lama raba min sh'maya"

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May there be abundant peace from heaven.