Hi John,
It is elegantly stated, don't you think? I'm glad I found and
posted it.
Marsha
On Apr 14, 2010, at 11:48 AM, John Carl wrote:
> exquisitely perfect Marsha,
>
> (How does she do it?)
>
> "She? She is the cat's mother", my late mother-in-law used to say, which I
> never understood completely.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 5:48 AM, MarshaV <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> meeooowww
>>
>>
>>
>> The Task
>> by Jane Hirshfield
>>
>>
>> It is a simple garment, this slipped-on world.
>> We wake into it daily - open eyes, braid hair -
>> a robe unfurled
>> in rose-silk flowering, then laid bare.
>>
>> And yes, it is a simple enough task
>> we've taken on,
>> though also vast:
>> from dusk to dawn,
>>
>> from dawn to dusk, to praise, and not
>> be blinded by the praising.
>> To lie like a cat in hot
>> sun, fur fully blazing,
>>
>> and dream the mouse;
>> and to keep too the mouse's patient, waking watch
>> within the deep rooms of the house,
>> where the leaf-flocked
>>
>> sunlight never reaches, but the earth still blooms.
>>
>>
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