Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
Eight Lamps to Give Us Light
For the Martyrs of Bondi Beach
Hanukkah, 5786
For all the boots of the tramping warriors
and all the garments rolled in blood
shall be burned as fuel for the fire.
-Isaiah 9:5
The Temple in Jerusalem cannot be destroyed -
For all the bloody-booted conquerors
Who swagger and clatter and rattle over the Stair
Defile and burn and pillage only their own souls
Wherever a candle is lit, the Temple is there
Wherever the yad touches a davar, the Temple is there
Wherever Truth is honored, the Temple is there
Wherever children sing, the Temple is there
Temple and Torah, poet and prayer
Poetry, prayer, eight lamps, and love, and care –
the Temple is there
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