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Is it sacred? March 19, 2024

 

Is it sacred,

This thing we do,

Or think,

Or say,

Do we pray over it,

When we think

How it might be

Vulgar,

To think about it

Too much,

To feel it stir things

Inside us

We ought leave

Undisturbed.

Is it sacred?

Do we praise it?

Do we let it

Fill us up

With its strange

Elixir

Fogging over

Each thought,

We obsess over it,

And then regret

Having done so,

Needing it in our lives

If only to spring

Some small spark

Of joy,

We would lack

If we did not.

This sacred ritual

Sometimes taken for granted,

The touch, the taste

The terrible

(and yet exhilarating) joy it brings.

Is it scared?

Are we blessed

Or cursed?


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