subfusc

"When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him, and said, 'Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and he suffers terribly; he often falls into the fire and often into the water. And I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him.' Jesus answered, 'You faithless and perverse generation, how much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.'”  Matthew 17:14-17

we waste so much

time in committees and

developing action plans,

while you stare at your watch

wondering when we will 

get off our keesters and simply

go out and get our hands dirty.

we are so busy coming up

with all sorts of complicated ways

in which to try to solve the (actually

simple) ways to feed the hungry

that you just shake your head

in bewilderment at our subfusc choices.

we spend all our energy 

wringing our hands and shaking

our heads 'no' whenever someone

asks us for help in troubled times

that you feel another headache

coming on and just want 

to lie down and take a nap.

(c) 2023 Thom M. Shuman

Venmo: @Thom-Shuman