Holy Monday
walking with
my dog in
the burbs

I spied
a palm frond
laying by
the curb

still moist
and pliant
fresh to
touch

what
blasphemer
discarded this
icon beloved
so much?

one day
removed
from
Palm
Sunday
glory

does the
heathen who
disposed of it
know this
precious
leaf’s
story?

it was then
I recalled
its reason
for being

its a carpet
for a King’s
footsteps
its not for
keeping

so there
it lay
where
it should
be

as my
dog and I
resumed
our closer
walk with
Thee

Music Selection: Willie Nelson
Just a Closer Walk With Thee

Oakland
4/2/12
jbm