June 26, 2017
Almost mid-summer. Feels to me like time for a break in the routine of summer break.
W H Auden came to mind while I prayed this morning.
Have a blest day as this work week begins.
john sj
Today’s Post
The chimney sweepers
Wash their faces and forget to wash the neck;
The lighthouse keepers
Let the lamps go out and leave the ships to wreck;
The prosperous baker
Leaves the rolls in hundreds in the oven to burn;
The undertaker
Pins a small note on the coffin saying “Wait till I return,
“I’ve got a date with Love.”
And deep-sea divers
Cut their boots off and come bubbling to the top,
And engine-drivers
Bring expresses in the tunnel to a stop;
The village rector
Dashes down the side-aisle half-way through a psalm;
The sanitary inspector
Runs off with the cover of the cesspool on his arm —
To keep his date with Love.
w h auden (February 1908 – September 1973)
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._H._Auden)