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    Adi Assis

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    I CALLED GOD

    I called God but there's no
    God. But there was
    God because I called
    God. And if there wasn't
    God what
    did I call? And I called, I called
    God. And there was, for a split
    second, and there will be.  He won’t 
    die. As long as
    I keep calling

    God.
    © Translation: 2015, Shelly Marder

    קָרָאתִי אֱלֹהִים

    קָרָאתִי אֱלֹהִים

    קָרָאתִי אֱלֹהִים. וְאֵין
    אֱלֹהִים. אֲבָל הָיָה
    אֱלֹהִים כִּי קָרָאתִי
    אֱלֹהִים. וְאִלְמָלֵא
    הָיָה אֱלֹהִים מַה
    קָּרָאתִי? וְקָרָאתִי. קָרָאתִי
    אֱלֹהִים. וְהָיָה, וְלוּ
    לְרֶגַע, וְיִהְיֶה. לֹא
    יָמוּת. כָּל עוֹד
    אֲנִי שָׁב וְקוֹרֵא.

    אֱלֹהִים
    © 2009, Adi Assis
    From: Haneshek Haham (Firearms)
    Publisher: Helicon, Tel Aviv
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    I CALLED GOD

    I called God but there's no
    God. But there was
    God because I called
    God. And if there wasn't
    God what
    did I call? And I called, I called
    God. And there was, for a split
    second, and there will be.  He won’t 
    die. As long as
    I keep calling

    God.
    © 2015, Shelly Marder
    From: Haneshek Haham (Firearms)

    I CALLED GOD

    I called God but there's no
    God. But there was
    God because I called
    God. And if there wasn't
    God what
    did I call? And I called, I called
    God. And there was, for a split
    second, and there will be.  He won’t 
    die. As long as
    I keep calling

    God.
    © 2015, Shelly Marder
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