Rabbi's Chayva's Chat

If you want to avoid the election,
For its stress ruins your complexion,
Feel free to scroll past
My Dispatch blast
Just whatever you do, make a vote selection.

Though often I write you in prose,
This week, a poem I chose
To soothe stress with levity
And perhaps help my brevity
So here are my thoughts, thus composed.

As you try to tackle all your ballot,
Every prop and whatchamacallit,
Look online, you’ll see
Chronicle, LWV,
Resources to help you corral it.

In the meantime, while we are all waiting,
Advocating, narrating, debating,
We need a position
From Jewish tradition - 
Thoughts for the world we’re creating.

We know well the story of Noah
And it has just the wisdom to show us. 
More than building a boat,
For each sheep and goat,
In his era, it says, he was righteous.

The rabbis, of course, disagree:
Was he the best man who ever would be?
Or was he only sublime
Relative to his time,
Among people who truly were beastly?

Soon we’ll enter an era unknown,
Defined by who will take the “throne.”
Recall Noah’s grace, then,
No matter who takes the pen,
We must keep our moral backbone.

We too will be just in our day
Regardless of what comes our way.
Commit to integrity,
You may find out pleasantly
Our foundation is here to stay.