On incremental change

Flying donkey image courtesy of the Mary Tyler Moore show. I don't remember who said it, but I do remember it was in relation to Ted, the rather buffoonish newscaster.

Sometimes

Someone behaves

In a completely uncharacteristic way.

For a split second

We believe

He has changed,

She has changed

Completely.

Instead

May we note the behavior

Applaud

Maybe

Paint rings around it,

See the beginning

Of the Kingdom Come.

For a split second

May we see

The Second Coming

And give thanks.

When a donkey flies

We don’t blame him

For not staying in the air

Very long.

May we realize

We are all donkeys.

See the beginning

Of the Kingdom Come.

For a split second

May we see

The Second Coming

And give thanks.

When a donkey flies

We don’t blame him

For not staying in the air

Very long.

May we realize

We are all donkeys.

New behaviors

We are not best friends with our next door neighbors.  I admit it... we barely speak.  There are several reasons.  I will not go into it here.  There*s probably a lot to be said on both sides.  The last snowfall my beloved got going with the snowblower and proceeded to clear not just our own front walk, but also four other front walks down the street.  Like chain saws with undergrowth, it seems once one gets started with a snowblower, one would like to clear the world of snow.  Every action has a ripple effect.  I am inside the house considering the endless possibilities.

As we wait to shovel the walk

The next door neighbor

Goes by,

Clears our walk of snow,

Proceeds down the block

To the next house.

This is new behavior.

It seems he caught it

From the last snowfall,

When my beloved

Got going with the snowblower,

Proceeded five houses

Down the block.         

It is amazing what behaviors

Catch on.

The possibilities

Are endless.