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A CALENDAR: THE YEAR OF THE MESSIAH, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Those days: that time
Subject(s): Calendars; Jews; Messiah; Mysticism - Judaism; Rites & Ceremonies; Judaism


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those days: that time:
the first month: NISAN

must surely be the 14th day
o day when Menahem ben Ami'el breaks
a path
a way
into Arvel Valley
where his favor burgeons
he will wear the robe of vengeance
as his cloak

b
those days: that time:
the second month: IYAR

hidden dead revealed
among the keepers of
the fallow year
here Korah's band arises
in sight of all the tribes
flies Asaf's banners
from desert sands in Moab
to Acacia's brook

c
those days: that time:
the third month: SIVAN
those who had died in desert
now wake up
great earthquakes overwhelm the walls
while on the mountain's top
corn grows in abundance
earth shaking
the hidden secret told

d
those days: that time:
the fourth month: TAMUZ

fury & rage in all
a king remote from heaven
enters
Old Brute our Enemy will tell him
YOU RIDE FORTH
(relief & rescue only for the few)

e
those days: that time:
the fifth month: AV

this perfect master
cloaked in the robes of vengeance
the Mount of Olives cracked by his rebuke
Messiah now climbs to his fullness
like the sun come forth in fierceness

f
those days: that time:
the sixth month: ELUL

when they see him
the son of Shalti'el
will blow the signal
Mikha'el & Gavri'el descending
the generals of El
propelling vengeance
not leaving life to one last
enemy of El

g
those days: that time:
the seventh month: TISHREI

riots & insurrections
every people
crying
GENOCIDE AGAINST THIS PEOPLE
whom the god of terrors forged
who pulled this people
from within a people
threats to the scorned soul
the hated people

h
those days: that time:
the eighth month: MARHESHVAN

first exile & a storm
blows the Rose back into the desert
where
10,000 will appear
a re-enforcement
last exile how unlike the first

i
those days: that time:
the ninth month: KISLEV

sudden action
sword drops from the sky
blood of the uncircumcised now runs
like streams of water
THE TIME: from three to nine
the One-in-White cries louder
than the cry of water
& the dead rise up & live
"two days after"

j
those days: that time:
the tenth month: TEVET

those fervent each day
each day raise voices
oiiie (they cry) for the changed day
for a famine for 45 days
till they reach his town & praise Yah
each day
each day

k
those days: that time:
the eleventh month: SHEVAT

spasms for 90 thousand
a 100 thousand men in armor
fourth war on the tribal turf of Benjamin
& there
each one of you will chase
a thousand

l
those days: that time:
the twelfth month: ADAR

THREE will be ONE in its rebuilding
the Tishbite & Menahem
also Nehemia
with lovely Tiferet like the priest beside them
& every soul will praise Yah there
AMEN


Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA
98368-0271, www.cc.press.org




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