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In a Few Days

(Hanukkah)

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It’s Friday

Lord

The start of

Sabbath

And in a few days

Hanukkah

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I’ll be ready

‘Cause

It will happen

Anyway

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Eight days

Of oil

Matching need

With miracle

Inside

The recleaned

Temple home

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Where we are home

Once a week

Once a life

Next year in Jerusalem

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We will have

Our meals

Our chocolates

And our gifts

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We will be stressed

And yet

All shall go well

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While we remember

Everything

It took

And takes

To have us here

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Hard-fought

Hard-won

Keeping festivals

And seasons

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C L Couch

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