In huts you shall dwell seven days. All natives in Israel shall dwell in huts, so that your generations will know that I made the Israelites dwell in huts when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God. (Leviticus 23:42-43)
Keep before you
the pillar of cloud,
leading forward
through wilderness,
and make for yourself
and those with you
a hut from the same
ethereal substance,
leaky perhaps, certainly
imperfect, a shelter, a refuge,
a sanctum of peace for now.
