Imposition
is how it began
Imposition
patiently waiting
in a cup of
torched Hosannas
Imposition by
Pressure;
thumb to bowl,
ash to forehead,
Pressure
cracking rock into sand
Pressure
turning dirt to diamond
we don’t mean to
Impose
we always say, yet
we went,
our rite an
intent procession
Impose
the taste of fasting
on glutton tongues;
Impose
the task of prayer
on flabby souls;
Impose
the taunt of charity
on luxuriating lives
often,
apologies follow
Imposition:
miserere nobis
have mercy on us
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