Sharansky

It wasn’t only his singing
That kept him from being
President of his class.
He was too short.

Standing at the lectern,
Facing 500 believers,
He did not breath fire,
His was not the night’s cause.

Natan reasoned with his audience.
You may choose humanity and that is good.
You may choose Judaism and that is good.
Either way you will pay a price.

This audience, these 500, wanted something else.
Tell us of the indignities visited upon Israel.
Remind us of the surrounding terror.
Exhort us to demand more U.S. aid.

Not this night.
The Carnivores went home hungry.
Natan did not demand,
He encouraged. I liked him.