< quakeresque >

from this morning’s gathering (physics gaffe duly noted)

we’re trained toward economy
hoarding, scrimping, saving

but we’ve hear rumors
that there’s another way

that we can taste and feel
and be richly sustained

by wasting Saturday mornings
missing must-see TV

singing poorly into a fat mic
feeding the hungry and hosting the ungrateful

circling around a center
to be flung off by centrifugal force

to love family and friends
to enter into the travail of the Other
to write them into the story of God

saving life by losing it
gaining something priceless by giving away