A Passover Meal for Thirteen
Taken from Eggs and Ashes Book
contributor: R Burgess/C Polhill (Wild Goose Publ)
Description
Reflection - Meditation
A Passover meal for thirteen
How come it’s always me that gets to lay the table and never the boys?
A Passover meal for thirteen, mum says,
in our upstairs room;
ten courses,
best dishes,
two jars of wine,
and they might need a waitress.
Job for you, Naomi, mum says.
Maybe a bit of pocket money in it –
you’d like that, wouldn’t you?
Me – I’d rather be out playing with my friends...
By Ruth Burgess
Taken from Eggs and Ashes by Ruth Burgess and Chris Polhil. Click here to buy.
Published by Wild Goose Publications
A Passover meal for thirteen
How come it’s always me that gets to lay the table and never the boys?
A Passover meal for thirteen, mum says,
in our upstairs room;
ten courses,
best dishes,
two jars of wine,
and they might need a waitress.
Job for you, Naomi, mum says.
Maybe a bit of pocket money in it –
you’d like that, wouldn’t you?
Me – I’d rather be out playing with my friends...
By Ruth Burgess
Taken from Eggs and Ashes by Ruth Burgess and Chris Polhil. Click here to buy.
Published by Wild Goose Publications
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