advent journal

advent journal: incarnation

Milton Brasher-Cunningham

17 Dec 2012

I saw Joy dressed
as a postal worker
tenaciously attempting
to infect everyone in line

up against Impatience
in the form of a woman
still in her workout clothes
complete with jewelry

and then I stood behind Clumsy
or so she seemed -- dressed
in faux fur and fumbling
at the self-serve machine

I was set to be Frustration
until Joy stepped in, as did
Grace, his coworker, and
Clumsy became Competence

without any trace of star
or shepherds; no angel band --
and I stood in the parking lot
grateful to have been there

Peace,
Milton

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