Dancing With Verses

David’s Psalms inspire us to rise higher,

singing Psalms together, sans a choir;

we’re imitating David who once danced

with an Ark by which he was entranced.

Totally in favor of what he

has told us is his very deep desire,

I have to tell you now that I agree

as much with him as I do with Isaiah,

the ancient prophet whose name is pronounced

Izayer in the USA: great man

who to the Jews most famously announced

the restoration to all in his clan

of what had been by enemies destroyed,

the Temple in Jerusalem, and wrote

two great prophetic books that I’ve enjoyed

as much as David’s Psalms on which I dote.

I hope I’m unhubristically enhancing,

Hebraically in English, their great verses,

reversing them as David did when dancing,

while hoping to avoid the sort of curses

that David from his wife got for exposing

his bare self, and many who love Israel

still get — the reason I’m composing

this verse about the Jewish Holy Grail.

I’m happy to be not cursed by my wife

for dancing with my verses, joined by her,

chief mortal joy in my long literary life,

while to the God of Israel we defer.

I’m hoping that I won’t be by Hashem

condemned like Uzza when He touched the Ark,

or any readers who my rhymes condemn,

for revelations that like David’s seem too stark.

2 Sam 6:16 states:

וְהָיָה֙ אֲר֣וֹן יְהֹוָ֔ה בָּ֖א עִ֣יר דָּוִ֑ד וּמִיכַ֨ל בַּת־שָׁא֜וּל נִשְׁקְפָ֣ה ׀ בְּעַ֣ד הַחַלּ֗וֹן וַתֵּ֨רֶא אֶת־הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ דָּוִד֙ מְפַזֵּ֤ז וּמְכַרְכֵּר֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה וַתִּ֥בֶז ל֖וֹ בְּלִבָּֽהּ׃

As the Ark of the LORD entered the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and whirling before the LORD; and she despised him for it.