{"id":13591,"date":"2014-04-14T15:43:27","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T21:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/?p=13591"},"modified":"2014-04-15T06:16:26","modified_gmt":"2014-04-15T12:16:26","slug":"passover-poem-the-lost-matzah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/passover-poem-the-lost-matzah\/","title":{"rendered":"Passover Poem: ‘The Lost Matzah’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lost Matzah<\/strong><\/h1>\n

By ALAN SMASON<\/p>\n

I went searching for a piece of matzah last night.<\/p>\n

Someone told me it was just so weird.<\/p>\n

The matzah was there at the start of the meal,<\/p>\n

But right after it had just disappeared.<\/p>\n

I went looking both high and low<\/p>\n

For that lost piece of unleavened bread.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you find it, you\u2019ll get rewarded,\u201d<\/p>\n

Was the thing that our host had said.<\/p>\n

So, I looked in a drawer in a bureau<\/p>\n

To see if I\u2019d find it in there.<\/p>\n

But all I could find were some yamurlkas<\/p>\n

And on one I could still see some hair.<\/p>\n

I closed that drawer so fast that<\/p>\n

Others came running for the noise.<\/p>\n

\u201cDid you find that lost piece of matzah?\u201d<\/p>\n

Was the question from the girls and boys.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut no!\u201d I answered quite quickly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t seen hide nor hair<\/em> of it.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s keep looking for this stale little foodstuff<\/p>\n

Before someone says we must quit!\u201d<\/p>\n

So off I ran into a closet and I went in<\/p>\n

And turned on the light.<\/p>\n

When what to my eyes did I see<\/p>\n

That certainly gave me a fright.<\/p>\n

It was a stand-up, photo display<\/p>\n

Of the opera singer Maria Callas.<\/p>\n

I tell you my friends were it alive<\/p>\n

That towards it I might bear some malice.<\/p>\n

When I saw that picture of Maria,<\/p>\n

I must have let out a shout.<\/p>\n

\u2018Cause then came those kids once again<\/p>\n

Wondering what it was about.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was nothing,\u201d I told them.\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cKeep looking.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must not give up the fight.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m sure if we redouble our efforts,<\/p>\n

Than that matzah will be in our sight.\u201d<\/p>\n

So, off we all went on a hunt<\/p>\n

For that missing matzah piece.<\/p>\n

The host had invited all his children,<\/p>\n

Plus some cousins, a nephew, and a niece.<\/p>\n

I looked under dishes in the kitchen<\/p>\n

And even went into the pantry.<\/p>\n

I looked in the den under videos<\/p>\n

Named \u201cTrue Grit\u201d and \u201cElmer Gantry.\u201d<\/p>\n

But it all came for naught \u2013 I was puzzled.<\/p>\n

Confounded and unable to speak,<\/p>\n

I felt like a dog that was muzzled<\/p>\n

In this game of hide and go seek.<\/p>\n

Then all at once I was smiling<\/p>\n

I\u2019d received inspiration from above.<\/p>\n

I had to think<\/em> like a matzah.<\/p>\n

Now what would a matzah most love?<\/p>\n

And, sure enough, near the charoses<\/p>\n

Was where I found my prize.<\/p>\n

The afikoman everyone had called it<\/p>\n

Was now split before all our eyes.<\/p>\n

And when I demanded my bounty.<\/p>\n

The host rolled his eyes in his lids.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat matzah\u2019s not meant for adults,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat matzah is just meant for kids!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a92001 Alan Smason<\/p>\n

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