Sunday, April 19, 2015

The Wandering Gentile

Lawrence Hall
Mhall46184@aol.com

The Wandering Gentile1

For Tod on his 75th birthday

How odd to be Bilbo at Rivendell
Or Jack and Warnie in the Little End room
Finishing up that book you meant to write
From the long ago, but not knowing the subject
Until this now, when sunset-softened light
Makes clearer the Words on the eternal page
More morning than ever any morning was
Sunlight and moonlight on the pilgrim road
Until you realize, with a gentle laugh:
How odd ever to have been here at all


1An allusion by Rabbi Shulman in the last episode of Northern Exposure

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