Salt and Pepper

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By Samuel Menashe

August 24, 2011

Here and there

White hairs appear

On my chest—

Age seasons me

Gives me zest—

I am a sage

In the making

Sprinkled, shaking

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Samuel Menashe (1925-2011) died this week after a long, rich life of poetry and letters. Zeek played a small role in the long-overdue appreciation of Menashe in his later years, and this poem was published in our Fall 2006 print issue. May the memory of the creative be for a blessing.

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