Looking back at Thomas
whose words did and didn't declare freedom
whose coat once did fit and now does not fit
our society which is and is not yet free,
I wonder:
As he gazes across the water
toward his neighbor Martin,
whose folded arms and fierce gaze
say so much,
what would he say today?
would anything seem so self-evident anymore?
and would he seem so tall?
- Menachem Creditor
