EASTER PARADE

Every sunrise but the Sabbath

the faithful stationed along the route

anticipate my arrival like a prophecy--

the coming of The Promised One

 

and house by house, by ones and twos,

the pre-leash law pinscher and pointer,

the beagle, boxer, and bassett… and

Judas the Jack Russell ‘doubting’ terrier

 

wagging their windshield-wiper tails,

watering telephone poles righteously

sniffing butts and helping lawns

to be fertile and prosper…

 

join me, casting aside their nets…

casting their lots instead with me,

their suburban Jesus du Jour,swaddled

in newspaper delivery-sack cloth…

 

missionaries of the word--

my dozen disciples delivering

the Good (Bangor Daily) News…

barking their happy Hosannahs!

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