A Box Of Chanukah Lights Poem by Lewis Eron

A Box Of Chanukah Lights

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Despite the math
Forty four candles are never enough
To last the entire eight nights of Chanukah.
At least one is broken or lacks a wick
Or won’t ignite
To remind us
that
even when we win
people die
and when peace comes
our box
can never really
be full again.

Lewis Eron
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
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