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by Lucas Scheelk

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“Yitgadal v’yitkadash sh’mei raba b’alma di-v’ra
chirutei, v’yamlich malchutei b’chayeichon
uvyomeichon uvchayei d’chol beit yisrael, ba’agala
uvisman kariv, v’im’ru:”

 

          5 second audio of a previously-recorded Shabbat service: “AMEN”

 

[Smoke a bowl]

 

“Y’hei sh’mei raba m’varach l’alam ul’almei almaya.
Yitbarach v’yishtabach, v’yitpa’ar v’yitromam
v’yitnaseh, v’yithadar v’yit’aleh v’yit’halal sh’mei
d’kud’sha, b’rich hu,
l’eila min-kol-birchata v’shirata, tushb’chata
v’nechemata da’amiran b’alma, v’im’ru:”

 

          5 second audio of a previously-recorded Shabbat service: “AMEN”

 

[Smoke a bowl]

 

“Y’hei shlama raba min-sh’maya v’chayim aleinu
V’al-kol-yisrael, v’im’ru:”

 

          5 second audio of a previously-recorded Shabbat service: “AMEN”

 

[Smoke a bowl]

 

“Oseh shalom bimromav, hu ya’aseh shalom aleinu
v’al kol-yisrael, v’im’ru:”

 

          5 second audio of a previously-recorded Shabbat service: “AMEN”

 

[Smoke a bowl]

 

“Susan, mother of one, died pre-pandemic,
May her memory be for a blessing”

 

[Sit with a memory shared with the deceased]

 

[Smoke a bowl]

 

“Roger, father of five, died not of COVID,
May his memory bear truth”

 

[Sit with a memory shared with the deceased]

 

[Smoke a bowl]

 

“To all who have died from COVID,
hate crimes, mass shootings, suicide –
May your memories be for a blessing”

 

          5 second audio of a previously-recorded Shabbat service: “AMEN”

 

[Smoke a bowl]

 

“Oseh shalom bimromav, hu ya’aseh shalom aleinu
V’al kol-yisrael, v’im’ru:”

 

          5 second audio of a previously-recorded Shabbat service: “AMEN”

 

[Smoke a bowl]

 

[Seek a boost of serotonin]

 

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Lucas Scheelk (they/them) is an autistic queer white Jew. They’re from the Twin Cities, now in Washington state. They’re the author of THIS IS A CLOTHESPIN (Damaged Goods Press, 2016) and HOLMES IS A PERSON AS IS (self-published, 2016). Scheelk’s third poetry book, A PRAYER FOR A NON-RELIGIOUS AUTISTIC, is forthcoming July 2022 (Mason Jar Press). They don’t have a college degree to their name but dreams to run a library. Check out their writing at Assaracus, Autonomous Press, QDA: A Queer Disability Anthology, Stone of Madness Press, Wizards in Space, and 3 Moon Magazine, among others. Twitter: TC221Bee.

 

 

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