The Picture on this Post Card

            Dear Senator Murray,

The picture on this post card,

a photo of a photo on the kitchen table.

But what does it have to do with you?

That's our mountain out on the stamp.

Thanks for protecting it. And the poem

on the front: You know Pastor Benz,

beloved caretaker of the planet

along with Elise--and yourself,

thanks too for that. That

Close the Camps image,

that's a pic from my car window

laid out on the table with the poem.

Let's say, this morning,

that everything is prayer,

that we're only expressing our gratitude.

Senator Murray and Pastor Benz.

That's an agenda delivering hope.

Jim

21 November 2019

P.S. Karen still has your tennis shoe on the mantel.