A Little Prophecy for Friday
(any day—and I hope it’s good for you)

When everyone had
Gathered
In whatever room
Maybe
A second-story place

When he appeared
The first thing Jesus said was
“Peace”

A signal for the resurrection
Maybe
That now a time of resolution is
At hand
That reconciliation is
The way of things

And that
of course
Is what has happened
In that
The way of Earth has changed
Or
Rather it is on its way toward
Being finished

And peace is the new order
Any victory
Through peace
Peaceful understanding
Peaceful
Action

We may announce
Maybe in a Pentecost-al way
(with red
balloons and
such
all environmentally
worked
out)
That a new order is at hand
That
Sorry
Isn’t new
(no merchandising
on it)

The joy that was in Genesis
Unending
Without flaw
Is at hand
And all for us
And God
And God with us

And if the cosmos has
Fallen
With us
Then
All material
And who knows
Maybe issues
Will have their first
Finality
As well

C L Couch


John 20:19

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