Writer's Excerpts

Fake Za’atar

by Gili Haimovich

published in TOK: Writing the New Toronto - Book 1

In a city where the Za’atar is fake,
We are a genuine family
But not complete.
We are assembled from fractures of families who think
That farther is better
Conducting a Passover Seder without saying God
And believing
That next year
We will be in Toronto, which has been
Re-constructed.
Knowing that even if it were completely rebuilt,
It will still be a night’s sleep and a little bit of a day away from Israel...

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