I have a feeling that I might have plundered Pratchett's book Feet of Clay when it comes to the thematic discussion of golems, but thank you! I'm glad it worked for you, and hearing that my writing inspired someone else to write is always really flattering. And I recognise the feeling in your poem; that picture is of the wall of the Pinkas Synagogue, and when I was standing there I tried to pick out individual names and recognise them as a whole person with a whole person's life and complexity, but it quickly became overwhelming because the names went on forever. Thus: focusing on the number instead.

And I think I've come across that little section of Eliot's before, and loved it.