Thursday, July 9, 2020

Doctrine of Left-Handed Signatures - poem

Lawrence Hall
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Doctrine of Left-Handed Signatures

For each its purpose every plant is signed
Embedded by the Maker with intents
In willing service to Creation, then
Maybe we shouldn’t tell them how to live

Because if we humans are signed for plants
Embedded by the Maker with intents
In willing service to Creation, then
Maybe they shouldn’t tell us how to live

Dragging hoses for them, weeding for them,
Buying fertilizer – so who’s the boss?


(This is a bit of fun in homage to fictional Sergeant Hathaway in an Inspector Lewis episode, The Soul of Genius.)

2 comments:

Verlie Burroughs said...

My plants are plotting against me.

Lawrence Hall, HSG said...

Just slowly put down the trowel and rake, and back away...slowly, now. They're dangerous if provoked. Especially asparagus.