Gershon Wolf Poet Rhyme

Up Above, Angels

A flurry of fists probed his belly
   A shot to the jaw, his knees turned to jelly

A pair of hammers to his chest rived it in two
   A jolt to his jaw stopped the bout
                                          He was through

Up above angels, all astir and a-twitter
   Aghast at man's lot ~ so brief and so bitter

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Michelle Faulkner March 24, 2019 at 5:20 PM Is this based on the Bible story of some kid wrestling with an angel til dawn? (Not sure of the details-) Gershon Wolf March 26, 2019 at 3:59 PM Interesting questions, Michelle. Actually this little ditty is not based on the Biblical encounter Isaac had with his angel, wherein the angel tugged on Isaac's sciatic nerve, thereby causing Isaac to limp---and for which reason Jews take the sciatic nerve out of animals in the koshering process... :) gw