Tuesday, December 31, 2019

who yawns





It is God who yawns and sneezes
and coughs, and now laughs.

Look, it's God doing ablutions!
God deciding to fast, God going naked
from one New Year's Eve to the next.

Will you ever understand
how near God is
to you?


~ Lalla
from Naked Song
translations by Coleman Barks



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