I will give you your belief if you will
give me my doubt. I will own there’s a god if you will own
all the huddled humanity holding
itself up with no help from you or your
god is wholly heartbreaking. I’m willing to
pray if holy shit is a good prayer
if jesus christ is a good prayer
if oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah is
downright devotional. Dance with me
for the chance, for the chance is in time
with the world, and we are in the world
and of it. Of course we are of it, what
else should we be of? Praise dog!
Praise the little dog sniffing Earth’s
big crotch. For she is of the world and knows it.
For she would eat the world if she could fit it
in her teeth. And you would love the world if you could fit it
in your head. A little irreverence
goes a long way. A little
dog goes a long way with its tongue hanging out
and its tail pointing up, and its nose
rooting around in Earth’s lap
for the essential
life.