Ace Boggess
Similar Are the Sacred and Profane
Until next time, we say, & mean our bodies,
mean mouths & hands, shared delight
in the instant, imminent, infinite, inelegant
kneeling in prayer when no words come.
God as body, holy. It was quick &
somehow lasting. Now, it will be new,
next, another passage in our chronicles
of insignificance. Until then, we say, meaning:
I place my offering here before your altar.