Sparrow, shopping

Browsing the shiny cellophaned produce section,
soaring over fields of grain on the
updraft of the bread ovens.

Sealed in our tin cans,
concentrated and reduced,
we must be such a disappointment to you.

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About Rosalind C Hughes

Rosalind C Hughes is an Episcopal priest, poet, and author living near the shores of Lake Erie. After growing up in England and Wales, and living briefly in Singapore, she is now settled in Ohio. Rosalind is the author of A Family Like Mine: Biblical Stories of Love, Loss, and Longing , and Whom Shall I Fear? Urgent Questions for Christians in an Age of Violence, both from Upper Room Books. She loves the lake, misses the ocean, and is finally coming to terms with snow.
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1 Response to Sparrow, shopping

  1. Reblogged this on over the water and commented:

    In honour of tomorrow’s sparrows (Year A Proper 7; Matthew 10).

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