the holy day
for Tuesday in Holy Week

too confusing
it’s Tuesday
like any
and it’s Tuesday set apart for holy

and shall we catechize
to ask
what this means

since any day is God’s
and
ours
and we title this one
rendering unique and yet
is not
the same

and what might be transsubstantive
possessing what
is new
astounding spiritual
and yet retain the ordinary quality of
fields
say
for Communion elements

like God in us
for us to be in God
to have what is amazing
and
plain

so what is in a Tuesday
for this day
in a week of days we say
we
have decided
is
set apart

good
day for thought
to re-read stories
better
hearing them anew
as reading sends gospel
good news
in
the mind
to the heart

not bad for a Tuesday
what
we know
and what we set apart
maybe
to know first
or anew

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