Chris Gaither

The Internet Is the Opposite of the Torah

People complain that Jews stick together
In spite of, or, more likely, because of the fact
That it is why Jews are still here
And always will be
 
Jews stick together because
Coherence drives cohesion
And Jews have the Torah
Which is this world’s completely coherent text
 
Of course
Jews stick together in part
Because we like to argue about
What is hiding in plain sight
Each of us seeing it from our own particular angle
 
Most of the complaining about Jews sticking together
Takes place these days on the internet
Which would be a delicious irony
If it weren’t so disgusting
As these complaints
Like their host, the internet
Make no sense–
They are incoherent
And exist to drive incohesion
 
This world’s people are all busy tearing one another apart
On the internet
And there is the example of Jews
Thriving together with the Torah
 
In a sane world
People use their minds and learn together with Jews
All of us pupils of God, the Infinite seen from infinite angles
 
But in our mad, lonely world
Mindless people want to kill them

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