July 5th

"O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger, 

    or discipline me in your wrath.
Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;
O Lord, heal me, for my bones are shaking with terror.
My soul also is struck with terror,
   while you, O Lord—how long?"  Psalm 6:1-3

if we were you,

the knuckleheads would

spend s-o-o-o much time

staring at the walls, 

or having to sit on cushions

while the place where their

brains seem to be heals,

or would be grounded 

well past the first successful

flight of all the pigs,

but being you,

you gather us from the corner

and place sit us on your lap,

you turn your wooden paddles

into kindling for making s'mores,

and you hug us with your grace

calming the tremors of that

false narrative of your wrath.

(c) 2024 Thom M. Shuman

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