I don’t how my friend is yet
cup
cup
of coffee
of Communion wine
of the cool cup of water offered
in arid need
and I don’t think the Scripture denotes
cool
but I like to think of summer
desert comfort in that way
and
which is more important
which meets
the greater need and I guess it is the wine
for sacrament
though
without the water
I think you know there is nothing for the parched
to hear
the better evangelism to meet
the Earthly need
first
and if all in prison
then
we share the words we may
out
of the well of nothingness
we share
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(c.f. the parable of the sheep and the goats, Matthew 25:31-46)
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Fine Day
After many tries, I’ve found
A cup that right for soup
Shiny with a handle the right size for
The skin between my knuckles
Black, not so heavy, portable
Hot from the microwave
A Prufrock thing, perhaps
I handle the part thing in my hair
But not having so much of one
And I’ve dared to eat the peach,
Preferring clementines
Nothing much
Which is the point
We meet the God of the universe
Through an open orange pit
And stirring a galaxy in coffee
I think Julian might approve
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Psalm 49
(a penultimate song)
Before the last,
One more thing,
Please, to say:
O Lord, like all
The seasons that
You muster,
You are constant
In provision;
Might we live in
Gratitude,
Thirsty children
Who can yet look
Up before
We stoop, saving,
To drink—
Risking, yes, a
Moment of hurt
Brilliance
Gazing, as we
Do, toward the
Direction of one
Who has
Left life for us
In a healing cup,
Freely filled with
Consequence,
And bread that
Was earth-fired,
Once
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