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the candLes are Lit.
the flAmes dANCe
along the waLLs, the taBle,
and the faCes.

chanting, huMMing, praying.

glasses clinK
as the red liQuid
r   u  n s over the sides of the glass
dribbling onto clumsy hands.

chanting, huMMing, praying.

the cover liFts,
challah torn apart,
passed arOund.
wandering through the many hands
and mouths

chatting
laughing

songs break out,
feminine and masculine voices
mingling, clashing,
melding together into
sYmphonic CaCophony.

the Instuments fade
and the music stops,
the meloDy is no morE.

siZZling, cracKling, PoPPing
dazzling aroma permeates the air.
inhaling it deeply,
the people chattered away,
awaiting the glorious meal.

chanting, huMMing, praying. 

food appears
on the taBle
before the Greedy people.
goRging themselves,
eating anything,
everything in sight.

chattering, laughter, joy.

Gibberish.

StanDing, leaVing;
garbage on the taBle
disappearing into the night.

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