Lilith sins?
Lilith sings
Lilith speaks many a cross word
Lilith has an anger like love
like a procession of pillars
of fire
Lilith has the delight
of a woman scorned
he modeled me
I was his clay thing
into me he breathed life
I became his golem
I went forth and I destroyed
havoc my middle name
I am the dybbuk of delight
I slip into the souls
of those who need me
perhaps you breathed
just a little
too much life, a sniffle too long
but once tasting the air
I would not be still, not
be silent, not return
to my feet of clay
I will not gather dust
I do not cower beneath cobwebs
I do not fear the hot streets
I walk
in the middle
of the pavement
I do not hug the shade
of cowardly buildings
I do not stay in my ghetto
but I strut and stride
into the ghetto
of men
I interrupt
the invisible universal
which denies men their souls
and women their being
I do not creep
I do not crawl
see
I am proud
I have taken the cloth
from my mirror
of mourning
for your birthday
(if gods have birthdays)
I shall give you
a mirror
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