
of the same boat, floating to the same shore
All rowing north south east and west all at once
Falling from the bow leaping off the stern
Everyone all of us overboard
All of us the sick are making holes in the boat
while the evil all of us widen the holes
We are the clever and the wise
bailing water setting nets catching fish
Enlightened in prayer are we and dreamers
every century or so, rising clear eyed from sleep
yawning, extending our arms to stretch
letting the wind watch our cloak…and so
And so this boat floats on
Jan 19, 2017