ALL THAT STUFFING OF TIME

DAILY WORK, DAILY DEVOTIONS

            On Guadalupe's Day

Load up with more work

than what I can do,

that's always been

my path, my sin,

my sin, my path,

adding great gobs

full of hidden lids,--

So, what's new,

now, Advent

spirituals, and--

abundance--two

renowned theologians,

plus the old pastor

sending me Barth's

sermons to prisoners--

that one added

to New Monasticism

Yesterday and today

giving me Merton,

giving me El Mozote,

American-trained troops,

a psalm, Isaiah, NT,

daily, devotional,

asking only turn.

glimpse light denied.

Jim Bodeen

12 December 2017