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SUNDAY PRAYER, ccxvi
time & time again,
out of the paper morning floor
emerge the lit parts of the planet's heart
pinball, poker, pool, and darts
each night they make the gray journey
from sunset's judge to dawn's attorney
drinkers of the dew and light unite
make it look easy day & night &
love & space & time again
have you been here long enough, old friend
to know where the prayer ends
and where the answer should begin
where morel mushrooms bloom and monsoons
prance and ancient moonbeams dance
in springtime, singtime
everyone and everythingtime
i am, i am
but you are a birthday,
deep with the dayshine
from dusk to moonbreak,
the dust of keepsakes
time & time again, i am i am
das - nine mile falls, washington, u.s.a.