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No, Yitz
Yitz,
Wouldn’t it be lovely if Zelig and you soaked in soup super glue
And rebounded the shape of this awful filth hate
For this man howls like a cow, in the darkest loose sky
And mopes at your friends
Yitz, should one act like this, how?
Please …
Go walk in the streets
Go walk in the streets
Go walk in the streets – and give him a twinkle nudge, nudge
Go walk in the streets
Don’t walk like Old Grandpa Hood
Go walk in the streets
Go be as brave as you could
Even I, I do shiver when I come by his tail
Please, oh why
Why does he walk sideways from Yitz?
Yitz, no why
Why do you slip like the grease of off cheese
Yitz, come Yitz
Get up as fast as speed nails
Get out of bed, your quilt is as thick as snow whales!
Never a time has a story been an ink of one say
Never another man has fiddled with the hands of two men
The deed is great!
… Four dogs will bark for your pride
Our eyes look up – Yitz, do something – help!
Yaakov Wolpe
Written to an unidentified associate two days before the arrival of Rosh Hashana. All names have been changed or are invented.
Sometimes we are involved in strife and the conflict is not due to our actions – the other fellow is to blame. However, this may not always be the case; perhaps it is for us to initiate peace.
