Monday, July 31, 2023

Mission Impossible : the Poet’s Protocol

 Mission Impossible : the Poet’s Protocol

 

Every day a miracle unfolds;

it is your job

 

—should you choose to accept it--

to bear witness

 

to it; the truth of it;

don’t let it escape;

 

the truth is a gift 

that will spark like flint


disappear 

like smoke;

 

self-destruct in five seconds

if you let it; but don’t.

 

Take up your pen

(or steal one

 

—if necessary); write

NOW!

 

The world is depending

on you.

 

Grab the inspiration

and get out fast;

 

it may be a trap!

What will you do? A reflection on Psalm 98 and the Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard (for 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

  “Let the sea thunder, and all that it holds, the world and all who live in it. Let the rivers clap their hands, and the mountains ...