Inspired by Primo Levy

Why is this night different from all other nights?
Because on this night, mountains skip like rams,
Rivers reverse their course, time flows backwards.

We’re kids out past dusk, long after we’d promised to be home,
Stars zigzag across the sky like marbles,
Jugglers toss tangerines, eggplants dance in the streets.

Giant sequoias uproot themselves,

Trudge across the Tundra to Vladivostock,

Those murdered in mass graves assemble themselves,

The sun cries tears of gold, the moon tears of diamonds.

All who mourn are gladdened, all who hunger come to feast,
Elijah descends from his fiery chariot and sips of our wine,
Pharaoh’s heart is softened, and for moments,

All is possible, nothing impossible, we rejoice.