The Golem’s Circle
Angelina Muñiz-Huberman
1992
Rabbi Eleazar opened the palm of his hand
and let the fertile, virgin earth escape
He took pure water from the mountain spring
recited the two hundred and twenty-one alphabetical combinations
and formed the golem.
He desired the man of clay to walk
and the man of clay walked
He desired the man of clay to obey
and the man of clay obeyed
He…
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