The Ghost of Chanukah Past - a Brief Digression

Russian melodies are haunting The USSR has faded into dust The menorah lights shine as usual but tiimes have certainly changed As Tolkien pointed out (paraphrasing) there is a "new power" rising in the world" America is changing A. Ginsberg - a latter day prophet Spoke of "The Fall of America" perhaps he was correct We Americans may be living on borrowed time The time of change has certainly arrived Peace - poet brothers and sisters