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.