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                    A Man and His Dog at Sunday Mass

                        And in what landscape of disaster
                        Has your unhappy spirit lost its road?

                                   -Thomas Merton,
             “For my Brother - Missing in Action 1943”

His pilgrimage on earth is in his van
His clapped-out van, his one-man caravan
With an air-conditioner duct-taped in back
And his old dog next to him in the seat

At Mass he sits in back with his good old dog
His clothes are warm, he gets enough to eat
And, sure, a man and dog who approach their God
Together are good and faithful servants indeed

His pilgrimage on earth is in his van
His clapped-out van, his one-man caravan

And there is a dog