Their faces stare from the covers
Of newspapers and magazines:
The people who were triumphant
Over adversity and strife,
Who lost and then went on to win.
The kiruv websites all provide
A populist religious gloss:
Love God and God will love you.
Act according to His will
And He will give you your desire.
I prefer the ancient story
Of an old man sentenced to death
For teaching Jews the word of God.
As the Romans tore his flesh with combs
He declared God’s unity and died.
This, then, is the true love of God:
To love God not because He gives,
But despite the fact that He takes.
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