communal heart

Pentecost +14 - Year B

why didn’t you listen

to your mother

when you were told

wash your hands

before during after

eating or playing

did you also forget

to put on clean underwear

or not to follow blindly

and jump off a bridge

oh scratch that

we want your blindness

I was too busy

remembering my mother’s stories

about angels, shepherds, and magi

that were confirmed at Jordan

with doves and clouds

speaking belovedness

listen again

dirt has needed minerals

absolute rules of denial

reveal corrupt desires

for absolute power

strive for balance

and yet again

arise my repressed one

step away from reductions

bad case law is over

flowers grow in dirt

let’s garden together

yes attend to cleanliness

“seek a heart that’s joyful,

heart that’s honest, heart that’s clean”

and know this

communal heart is needed

for common distress

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quote above from a translation of Calon Lân (video) by Malcolm Cowen.