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Flew home from vacation
(Glad my flight was not delayed)
And started baking cookies
For a promise had been made.

Tomorrow night starts Chanukah;
Tradition thus decrees
That my grandma’s age-old...

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a newspaper and frost

The winter of 1947 was very cold, the country was 
exhausted, the German army that had given employment
to civilians, had surrendered and...

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Whats on my mind
Depends on what I find
Searching for my star
It's out there shining , so far
So far Away
Lord ,so far away
Thing I thought true
Little...

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Baruch atah, Adonai 
Eloheinu, Melech haolam, 
asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav 
v’tsivanu l’hadlik ner 
shel Hanukkah.

Praised are You, Lord 
our God, Ruler of the universe, 
who made...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Deep in woods lies a wall, people warn against going to other side
One day out of curiosity I went there
I saw the dark side of...

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When I was small !                    ...

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Like ‘Nevermore’ sketched into water by Salvador Dali
Quickly running a message up a high mast in Mali
Or Michaelangelo his genius wild, cutting a lady less...

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In St. Pete 
Where there is heat 
They will compete 
In a game that may not be so sweet 

You see there are these knights...

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We went downtown for a movie
Near an upscale place for food
Filled with kiosks, booths and dining
For whatever suits your mood.

I tried ice cream made with...

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Amber Angel

Made of glass, 
from some far off place. 
Brown like gold, 
warm like fire, 
dance upon the logs, 
of every house pyre. 

Love and...

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It sat there on the bookstore shelf
And called attention to itself;
With stairs and lights and rooms to fill,
I thought that joy it would instill.

I schlepped...

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With one bite, the jaws of life closed in 
More nervous than I ever have been 
Knees quivering as the sweat drips 
Leaking from my...

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