Thursday, October 8, 2009

An Embarrassment

...
"Do you want to ask
the blessing?"
...
"No If you do,
go ahead."
...
He went ahead:
his prayer dressed up
...
in Sunday clothes
rose a few feet
...
and dropped with a soft
thump.
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If a lonely soul
did ever cry out
...
in company its true
outcry to God,
...
it would be as though
at a sedate party
...
a man suddenly removed his clothes
...
and took his wife
passionately into his arms.
...
~ Wendell Berry


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