UNDER THE COVER OF NIGHT

READING PSALM 137

WITH MINER'S LAMP ON

UNDER BED COVERS

So that Karen might sleep

Hearing Bob Marley sing us through the night

Hearing C. S. Lewis cautioning us over decades, reflecting

Reading now Richard Swanson ask

what the crushing weight of exile

felt like, I re-trieve my son's Bible

from first communion, signed by pastor,

broken spine, un-read, left behind,

By the waters of Babylon,

there we sat down

reaching out again for the Santa Biblia

bi-lingual and diverse

this time

hearing

Colgábamos nuestras arpas

We hung our harps

Let's see who stays around

for the blessing in Verse 9

Dichoso el que agarre a tus pequeños...

Jim Bodeen

17 October 2018