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Bruce Black is the editorial director of The Jewish Writing Project and author of Writing Yoga. His work has appeared in Poetica, Elephant Journal, Blue Lyra Review, Tiferet Journal, The Jewish Literary Journal, Reform Judaism, Mindbodygreen, LA Yoga, OM Yoga, Chicken Soup for the Soul, and elsewhere. He lives in Sarasota, FL.
The more observant I become, the further I feel from my family.
They sat side-by-side—Dad steering, Mom in the passenger seat—each speaking Yiddish so my brother and I wouldn’t know what they were saying or where
we were going next.
I close my eyes so I can’t see
the small space that feels like
a coffin.
