Mundane Theologies

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JUST
WANT
TIME
TO
CLEAN
THE
TOILETS!
Is that too much to ask?”

“Yes,”

He said.

“It is.
Can you make peace with that?”

Necessity

As a parent I have learned –

That –

Necessity is no respecter

Of necessity.

When I was young,
so very young,
and I had all the world and time
for every venture,
for every fancy’s flight,
still
I never had enough.

Now,

I cram an hour in an instant,

And luxury is easily found.

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If stars leave trails
And fairies leave dust,

Then parents leave gold

In flecks –

Over their children’s hearts.

Unseen –

Till time, the great miner, proves

You left

Gold

Poison.

The heart is soft at bedtime –
a wise old pastor said to me –

So spend it with your children.

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“Go where the good books are” –
A very worthy mantra.

But sometimes too,
Go where the conversation is.