God, best at making in the morning, tossed
stars and planets, singing and dancing, rolled
Saturn's rings singing and humming, twirled the Earth
so hard it coughed and spat the moon up, brilliant
bubble floating around it for good, stretched holy
hands till birds in nervous sparks flew forth from
them and beasts--- lizards, big and little, apes
lions, elephants, dogs and cats cavorting,
tumbling over themselves, dizzy with joy when
God made us in the morning too, both man
and woman, leaving Adam no time for
sleep so nimbly was Eve bouncing out of
his side till as night came everything and
everybody, growing tired, declined, sat
down in one soft descended Hallelujah.
-Vassar Miller
from my favorite poetry anthology, Good Poems by Garrison Keillor
Yesterday, I would say, was a day that started early, was full of good, beautiful work, and ended with one soft Hallelujah.
Today, it seems, is beginning with such an Hallelujah. May it never leave my lips, but stream forth. Forevermore.
oh dear, apple pecan pear pie.
-Christopher Robin
No comments:
Post a Comment