Sam

Sam fled Odessa
to Poland's town Lwow
because of the Russian
Cossacks and pogroms
he had more than enough,
in Lwow he married a Jewish girl
from a nice, respectable family
in an orthodox ceremony,
to them a little girl was born
but their conflicting tempers
caused the family to be torn,
four years later Sam's wife,
Rachel, took off and left,
leaving Sam and daughter,
Sarah, alone and bereft,
Rachel then obtained her divorce
through some Nevada legal source,
married a Catholic in New York State
and promptly adopted his faith,
while Sam married Laura, a widow,
whose husband had fallen out a window.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2009 Alfred Charasz