The Mapmaker, a poem by Eli Steier

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Repenting, Resetting, and Forgiveness

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maps, psalms 19, imagination, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M.

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	Cold facts. Colder realities. The preacher who lost his way The librarian who empties the shelves The cook without a spoon The child masking as a king The king masking as a child. The mapmaker studies them all Furrowing his brow tightly Crafting lines delicately. Charges Nothing And Changes Everything

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Eli Steier

Eli is an avid fan of the often-libeled bird, the pigeon. This may have been the natural result of being born and raised in Queens. A graduate of SUNY Stony Brook, he has studied at Pardes in Israel, and is a former board member of the Wandering Jews of Astoria.

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Illustration: “The heavily armed army of ‘red Jews‘ comes from the mountains of darkness. Before them lies the quiet mystical river Sambation” from Titelblatt einer Flugschrift. Augsburg 1523. VD16 V 2687.

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established."–Psalms 90:17