ALOE PSALM
All neatly poised in readiness –
Compassion’s steady length –
Emergency preparedness
For giving aid, help, strength.
All packed in tidy implements
Of succor, service, care –
The increments of soothing salve –
Of healing and repair.
All stored for quick recovery –
Support, relief, and cure –
The convalescent instruments
Reliable and sure.
(6 January 2011, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
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Sunday, January 23, 2011
SYSTEM PSALM
SYSTEM PSALM (to Maria Elizabeth "Lisel" Hallen)
This book is made of paper leaves
That grew on poplar trees –
That stood upon a hill beside
A meadow made by bees –
Who danced a map from hive to bloom –
From blossom back to home –
Where honey gilt the palaces
Of wax and latticed comb –
Next to a cabin made of logs –
Wherein a daughter slept –
Who never walked when she awoke
But danced, entranced, and leapt –
Whose parents both were pioneers –
Survivors of The Fire –
Whose children were the siblings of
My grandfather – grandsire.
(6 January 2011, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
This book is made of paper leaves
That grew on poplar trees –
That stood upon a hill beside
A meadow made by bees –
Who danced a map from hive to bloom –
From blossom back to home –
Where honey gilt the palaces
Of wax and latticed comb –
Next to a cabin made of logs –
Wherein a daughter slept –
Who never walked when she awoke
But danced, entranced, and leapt –
Whose parents both were pioneers –
Survivors of The Fire –
Whose children were the siblings of
My grandfather – grandsire.
(6 January 2011, Pleasant Grove, Utah)
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