LEV OZEROV'S QUESTION


You, Lev Ozerov
are at Babi Yar or Lvov
it's the time of year
for the esrog and lulov

In your tent's
leafy tabernacles
peering through the sun
God has a question for you

Silence has no answer
for so much long suffering
nor song or dance
as David your first king

The grave faces
cannot save our sorrow
better write a love letter
to the Lord tomorrow.