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An Older Liturgy for Vespers
The Vestal hearth is now a microwave
No mysteries or flames within it glow;
The kitchen table now is the altar, set
With old familial Lares and Penates:
Pepper and salt shakers of dime-store design
Flanked by a tray of paper napkins which
The children simply will not use, a spoon,
A morning coffee cup not put away
Even so -
When the mill whistle blows, and school lets out
An ancient liturgy will be renewed
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