It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale
Margot Zemach
1977
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My Father’s Leaving
When I came back, he was gone.
My mother was in the bathroom
crying, my sister in her crib
restless but asleep. The sun
was shining in the bay window,
the grass had just been cut.
No one mentioned…
The Sins of the Leaders
The word of the Lord came to me: O mortal, say to her: You are an uncleansed land, not to be washed with rain on the day of indignation. Her gang of prophets are like roaring lions in her midst…
Farewell, You Cheerful Folk of France
Farewell, you cheerful folk of France,
My brethren’s merry throng,
A foolish nostalgia drives me hence,
I’ll be back, though, before long.
Imagine—I yearn beyond belief
For the smell of heather and…