today
in order to
explain to my
top students
why
we were skipping
a part of the book
I called it
"norishkeit"
then
I asked them
for the Hebrew
"What's norishkeit?'
yiddish
they said
what's the meaning?
I replied
blank
"hot air"
I hinted
like blowing
hot air into a balloon
that's norishkeit
one replied:
bullshit
close but not Hebrew
I asked them
to think of Kohelet
what's Kohelet about
they got their
tanachim, Bibles
serious fifteen year olds
wondering
about that
strange English teacher
hevel,
finally
nothing
a waste of time
shapes of faces
indicating
personality and careers
norishkeit
just norishkeit
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