Accomplishment enough

This has been a summer of arriving late to church on a fairly regular basis.  We usually arrive before the Gospel, which I read somewhere makes the service count.  Of course this means we sit in the back under the choir loft.  Today we actually arrived in time to hear the opening sentence before taking our seat.  

We arrived in time

To hear the opening sentence

From the back;

Slipped in the pew

Second from the front

Before the procession

was halfway down the aisle.

Sometimes such things

Count as accomplishment enough

On a chilly July day:

Three people out the door

In enough time

To hear the opening sentence.