Beyond Marah

Beyond the bitter waters of Marah we journeyed
striking the rocks in anger to quench our thirst
longing for the onions and leeks of Egypt
coming to the twelve springs of Elim
camping under the seventy palms
and on the fifteenth day of the second month
we came into the wilderness of Sin
between Elim and Sinai
and we complained
longing again for the pots of meat
the onions and leeks
It was upon the day bread like rain
from heaven came
the glory of the Lord
appearing in a cloud of quail
and upon the ground
covered all around
small and flaky and fine
as hoarfrost on the ground
the manna
and we gathered an Omer each
 just enough
for that which we did hoard
by morning bred worms and
stank unto the Lord.
And so we had our dinner upon
the ground
In  the plain of Sin under the shadow of
Mount Tabor.