God Spoke Today
I stumbled down the hill to buy some food
For Prospero. He does not know that I
Had been knocked flat by an extremely rude
Disease. In fact he doesn’t know I buy
His salmon flakes. He only knows that they
Are spooned for him by me. Their weight was just
Enough to make the climb back home a way
Of staggering. A young man noticed. I’m white
And he was brown. He urged me to his car.
He even walked me to my door when we
Arrived. He carried my cat’s food, not far,
But far enough. He owed nothing to me.
..I asked him, “Why?” “The Prophet,” he replied.
.….He turned and smiled … and I very nearly cried.