Fourth Thursday in Lent

"When it grew late, his disciples came to him and said, "This is a deserted place, and the hour is now very late; send them away so that they may go into the surrounding country and villages and buy something for themselves to eat." But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." Mark 6:35-37a

we often ignore our
fancy brand name cups

of coffee until it 

grows cold and then

throw them out, while

millions have no drinking water,

we fill up our trash cans

with food off too-full plates

and from shelves of fridges

because it went bad, while

folks are starving in warzones,

we book fancy hotel rooms,

or houses or beach cottages

to be able to get away from

our oh-so-nice homes in 

neighborhoods others envy,

while people sleep in streets

or in abandoned motels, yet

you have the audacity to challenge

us that we have more than enough

to do all those things for the forgotten

and still have all we need

for our indulgences.

(c) 2024 Thom M. Shuman

Venmo: @Thom-Shuman