Counting the Omer with an ancient litany entirely dedicated to the natural world. Perek Shira takes quotes from sacred texts and puts them in the mouths of all of Creation. Sun, Clouds, Grass, Rooster, Frog, . . . each has a voice, an homage, a lesson.
Thursday, June 5, 2014
Counting Eight
I’m your Jewish grandma I’m a middle aged gay man I’m a
gangster from Detroit I’m someone’s kid I’m a breast I’m your daddy I’m a
footnote on somebody’s life.
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