Proclamation, December 2017: Creative Platypus
Proclamation, December 2017
I Do Proclaim:
That this is my
hour.
I take as my demesne
All things that you
reject:
Rainy days,
Cold, crisp Autumn,
The glistening
thickets of Winter,
Old churches,
Graveyards.
And the moss about
the foot of trees.
I will be kind to
postmen,
And those who
prepare my food.
Praise God for
tobacco, and
The fellowship of
working men
Smoking cigarettes
on the porch.
I will thank God
for immigrants
Who cut grass,
Domestics,
All who do the work
my Irish ancestors
did.
Praise the Almighty
for every man
Who calls himself a
stranger in his home,
Chronically reduces
his boil to a simmer.
I will not forget
you either,
If you have what
you love
Taken from you
Yet remain unbowed.
You are my teacher.
I welcome All
From the boarders
of my kingdom
In the particular-
A shake of hands
Or a nod
Between potentates.
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