Martin's Poem

MARTIN'S POEM

JEREMY..…WE WOULD HAVE LOVED, TO HAVE BEEN

WITH YOU TONIGHT, SO WE COULD HAVE SEEN…

JUST HOW WELL YOU ARE REALLY ABLE

TO ACQUIT YOURSELF, FROM THE MAIN TABLE.

ALL THOSE WHO WERE PRESENT……. AT THE SHULL

REALLY KNOW, AND THIS IS, NO BULL

THAT YOU SANG YOUR PARSHE…..OH …….SO WELL

THAT IF WE WANTED…… YOU……..TO SELL

WE’D HAVE NO PROBLEM……..NONE AT ALL,

TO EVEN FILL………THE LARGEST, HALL.

I AM GLAD THAT I COULD BE THERE

TO HEAR YOU…..RECITE…….YOUR BARMITZVAH PRAYER

YOU COMPOSED IT ENTIRELY ON YOUR OWN

THE SENTIMENTS HAVE REALLY SHOWN

WHAT YOUR TRUE AMBITIONS ARE

THE MATURITY EXPRESSED…..EXCEEDS YOUR AGE…..BY FAR.

THE IDEALS SHOW THAT YOU WILL FULFILL

YOUR EXTREMELY HIGH POTENTIAL

AND WHAT YOU SAID…..AND HAVE SHOWN…..SINCE

JUST SHOWS HOW VERY HIGH IS YOUR INTELLIGENCE

YOU COMMITTED YOURSELF, ALWAYS…..TO DO

WHAT IS EXPECTED……OF A MENSCH…..A JEW

THE RABBI DESCRIBED YOU AS A KID………THAT’S GOOD

AND THAT IS WHAT WE KNEW HE WOULD.

IF HE WERE YOUR VIRTUES …….TO ENUMERATE

WE’D BE HERE TILL………VERY,….. VERY LATE.

YOU’VE GOT A CHARMING….DISPOSITION,

WHICH MAKES IT EASY TO FULFIL…….YOUR MISSION,

OF BRINGING JOY…..TO ALL……YOU KNOW

EVEN WHEN THEY……ARE FEELING LOW.

YOUR PARENTS HAVE ENSTILLED……IN YOU

THE CHARACTERISTICS…….OF ..A …REAL ... GOOD … JEW

RELIABILITY……HONESTY……MENSHESKEIT,

WHICH MAKE YOU SHINE,…… LIKE THE BRIGHTEST, LIGHT.

OUR WISH FOR YOU……IS A FERVANT ONE,

THAT YOU’LL CONTINUE…..TO BE THE SON

OF WHICH YOUR PARENTS…….AND WE ALL ARE SO PROUD

OUTGOING, …….FRIENDLY……… BUT NOT LOUD.

SO NOW THAT YOU’VE … BECOME … A MAN

WE KNOW YOU WILL……BECAUSE YOU CAN

SET AN EXAMPLE … TO YOUR FELLOW … JEW

OF WHAT IS ALWAYS … RIGHT … TO DO.

AND ONE MORE THING ……… OF WHICH WE’RE PROUD

WHICH MAKES YOU STAND OUT ……. FROM THE CROWD

IS YOUR DESIRE …. JUST TO BE

OF SERVICE TO …….. HUMANITY.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU…..AND YOURS…..WITH HEALTH

WHICH IS WORTH LOTS MORE….THAN THE WORLD’S TOTAL WEALTH

BE GRATEFUL……FOR………WHAT…….YOU’VE GOT

DON’T BE JEALOUS……..OF ANOTHER’S……LOT.

SOME YEARS AGO…….YOU WON……A PRIZE

DESPITE THE SMALLNESS……OF YOUR SIZE

FOR PARTICIPATING IN A RACE

THOUGH YOU KNEW YOU MIGHT FALL….FLAT ON YOUR FACE.

IT’S NOT IMPORTANT TO BE THE BEST……OR TO WIN

NOT TO TRY YOUR BEST……..IS REALLY THE SIN.

WHETHER YOU WIN…..OR WHETHER YOU LOSE,

YOU’RE THE ONE ………THAT WE WOULD CHOSE

BECAUSE WE KNOW…….YOU WILL NOT REST

UNTIL YOU’VE DONE ……….YOUR VERY BEST.

SO JUST … CONTINUE … TO BE … WHAT … YOU ARE

WHICH MAKES YOU SO VERY POPULAR

LET IT CONTINUE … WHEN YOU’RE LONG PAST … A TEEN

A JOY … TO BE WITH … IS WHAT … I MEAN.

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