Kitchen Sink Ritual
I turn on the hot water
And am thankful
I leave it on
Then wash some dishes
It gets hot
I leave it there
I hadn’t thought about it
Until a friend came up to dry
And told me how hot I
Let the water run
I trust his opinions
Maybe it’s masochistic
Scalding demons
Cleaning out the sins
Ersatz baptism
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Life in the Hermitage
I know I teach too much
Old habit
Sometimes it’s prophecy, but
The voice is mine
I don’t speak with any authority
Come down, or come up,
From God
Sometimes I think certain things belong
Together
That’s poetry
I washed a few dishes in my small sink
I looked into the new year’s sky
It’s gray
That seems right
A January pallet
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