Prayer for a new year

with a monk’s prayer for good bread

daily needing and kneading

after manna or

a rice bowl

should I be begging, Zenlike,

hand me pasta and potatoes

followed by cake

all praise to whatever

I’ll blissfully polish away

with a portion for Buddha or a stray squirrel

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