By Yossi Huttler
If I am a lot of things
tonight
a bit wise, a bit wicked
or perfectly simple
will you still answer
all of my questions
if I cannot even ask
will you open my mouth
tell me why
I’m welcome here
at this table
why I should stay
when all these parts of me
are pulling
every which way
Yossi Huttler’s poems and essays have appeared in Jewish Action, the Jerusalem Post, the Jewish Observer, the Jewish Daily Forward as well as in other print and online publications. Lakol Zman, his first book, takes the reader on a poetic journey through the Jewish calendar. A former lawyer, Huttler currently serves as assistant rabbi and ba’al korei at Etz Jacob Congregation in Los Angeles, where he lives with his family. Lakol Zman can be purchased by contacting the author at 323.655.0973 or yhuttler@aol.com.