Listen!—the muffled
morning
prayer—of
a little
sleeping animal
rasping small faraway
breaths over the commingling
shaker tune
streaming humbly
by on the radio
and the soft buzzing
drawl of
the next room's
air conditioner—
is starting
to sound a bit like—
Take care! not
to appear
too grateful—for all
of these wonderful
things
that you've got;
lest you run
the mortal
risk—of forgetting
to exercise
thanks-
giving for
the much more
blessed fact—
that you don't always have
to use
each
and every
one of them all—at once!
