Communion

Jabez's prayer is recited from The side of the refrigerator Near a magnet from last summer's Vacation bible school Early morn and the quiet Is interrupted by myriad birds chirping The rumble of a refuse truck robotically Empties the dumpster from the front Passing cars creak and whoosh Mrs. Garza's nightlight clicks off Automatically the day begins Entangled with snores The ice maker gives birth The central air unit cycles on Announcing the cool air needed For a going to get hotter day A distant dog barks The muse is crashed by the Stumbling into the room Cabinets creak open and the Electric can opener growls Open a can of syrupy tangerines smackingly devoured while the spoon Scrapes against the metal Ancient civilizations are described As the now too loud television alters The air waves Then the national anthem waves A train whistles pass As does the morn And the mood broken Or enhanced by a reality Of sneezes and snorts