Religious Practice
–Heather ChristleFor a short time each morning
it is possible to believethat God spent the night
cutting the flat black shapesof trees from the sky,
wondrously complicated holesthat only become visible
when the sky’s lightbegins to slowly come on.
It is an exercise in faithruined differently each morning.
For instance, today by two crows.Then God must start over—so
many branches to retrace and snip—it’s no wonder he can’t
hear our prayers.
Image (c) S Donaghy