This poem was one of the first things that came to mind when I woke up this morning.
The Word
-Tony
Hoagland
Down near the bottom
of the crossed-out list
of things you have to
do today,
between "green
thread"
and "broccoli" you
find
that you have penciled
"sunlight."
Resting on the page, the
word
is as beautiful, it
touches you
as if you had a friend
and sunlight were a present
he had sent you from some
place distant
as this morning -- to cheer
you up,
and to remind you that,
among your duties, pleasure
is a thing,
that also needs accomplishing
Do you remember?
that time and light are kinds
of love, and love
is no less practical
than a coffee grinder
or a safe spare tire?
Tomorrow you may be utterly
without a clue
but today you get a
telegram,
from the heart in exile
proclaiming that the
kingdom
still exists,
the king and queen alive,
still speaking to their
children,
- to any one among them
who can find the time,
to sit out in the sun and
listen.
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