Amazing Grace

A poem, by me, for you :)

Tonight, I did not achieve 
Clarity of vision. 
              I did not discover the self
Or renounce it. 
   Did not pass through the garden gate. 

I cut flowers and arranged them, 
Plucked the anthers from a half-open lily. 
              I sung Amazing Grace, 
And thought it sounded pretty good. 
   It did sound good. 

I eulogized a chicken, 
Anointed it with oil. 
              Set off the smoke alarm, 
Locked myself out in my socks
   With garlic in oil over a flame.   

I washed dirty dishes, 
I ate two and a half small spoonfuls 
              Of vanilla ice cream. 
I left that spoon,
    Dirty in the sink. 

I took a hot hot shower, 
Sat clean at the kitchen table. 
              I got up to make a cup of tea, 
Tried to steal a poem, 
    Wrote this one instead. 

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