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Thursday, March 13, 2014

Thursday Prayer

Good morning, Creator:

Take pity on me, I pray,
that today the disorienting winds of rearrangement
    won't leave me again upside-down in the bushes,
but instead may speed me further toward
    tomorrows cupping contentment.

Amen.

Text and image © 2014 by Dirk deVries. All rights reserved.

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