Eht/Aht (את)
By Rachel Kann
For Ketzirah Lesser’s Eht/Aht (את): a Netivot Wisdom Oracle Card Deck
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If the word is made fresh,
then let every alleged blemish be blessed,
each individually kissed
like the exquisite mezuzah it is.
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There is a doorway
that all of creation
thresholds its way through
on its way to
the eternal-unfolding-already-was.
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Oh, All-That-Is/Infinite,
who whispered this lintel
into beginning;
into becoming,
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who bears witness
to this living-thing-ness,
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who is this lintel,
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who is the whisper,
who made the making,
who forms letters out of breath,
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who said,
Let this את
contain the whole expanse of it,
the vessel and exhalation.
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This is the breath,
this is the mystery,
this one, right here,
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this is the Saturn-moon-ring
that surrounds everything,
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the embrace of beginning
by ending,
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the way the wax
makes love to the wane,
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this:
this is the faithfulness
you are held with.
