Chad Gadya

yo I knew this one kid from back in the day
he stayed around the way — never came out to play
baby face, buried in a book all day
he made me promise not to say that his secret was to pray
everything was great, until he went on a date
with an infamous feline — fatal mistake
he fell for the bait, wound up face down on her plate
but she won’t escape her fate — my dog Jake

came into the picture, not a moment too late
with a chip on his shoulder, broken heart full of hate
he had nothing to offer, all he ever did was take
she told him to wait, and then he smacked her face
but don’t worry, the dog don’t get away untouched
the story took wings and made peoples blood rush
he caught a beat-down by the arm of the law
a baton to his jaw was the last thing he saw
a neighbor with a cellphone recorded the brawl
so all the people rioted and burned down the mall

before he stepped off the chair, at the end of his rope
that first kid left a quote in a suicide note; it said
“do the right thing. be yourself. don’t ever give up hope.”
this water flows from the words that he wrote
the silence that followed was filled with such sorrow
as we all wondered why we trade today for tomorrow
there’s something beautiful in that moment of reflection
face to face, in The Place, infinite introspection

the serenity was shattered by the scream of the sacrifice
pain is the price that we pay for the afterlife
suddenly I grabbed the knife and
sings a song I’d never heard
it wasn’t in my language,
but I understood every word

Ve-ata ha-Kadosh Baruch Hu, ve-shachat le-mal’akh ha-mavet,
de-shachat le-shochet, de-shachat le-tora, de-shatah le-maya,
de-khavah le-nura, de-saraf le-chutra, de-hikkah le-khalba,
de-nashakh le-shunra,
de-akhlah le-gadya.

(Then came the Holy One, blessed be God! And destroyed the Angel of death, that killed the butcher that slew the ox, that drank the water that quenched the fire, that burned the stick that beat the dog, that bit the cat that ate the kid.)

VaHashevotah
el levavcha
ki HVYH
hu haElohim

And you shall take to heart:
the transcendant YHVH is the immanent Elohim.

Source: Devarim/Deuteronomy 4:39, Aleynu prayer in the prayerbook.