Oct. 7th has been good for me

Oct. 7th has been good for me.
I was cynical; now I am sober.
I was depressed, now I am very sad.
I was here, now I am away from home.
I was a Jew, now I am Jewish.
I was Israeli, now I am Israel.
Oct. 7th has been good for me

Itamar, Israeli grad student in America, written in a WW workshop after Oct 7

painting credit: Benny Moses

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