best known for our anti-war witness
we could do much more
individually and together
to summon others
to transcendental worship
* * *
if we hesitate to strip naked or don sackcloth
to march brazenly into parking lots
and through malls
or the courthouse
or legislature
to proclaim Truth
to those who reach for a Budweiser
the first thing
1st-Day morning
or so passionately decry anything
smacking of religion or church
how else do we extend the welcome?
maybe we’re just getting old
or sedate
or muffling passion
this is more important
than placing a notice
in the paper or a line in the phone book
if anyone remembers
* * *
there’s no invitation
without an address
or sign
or billowing aromatic
celebration
made visible
Poem copyright 2016 by Jnana Hodson
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