The Presentation of the Rodent - poem

 

Lawrence Hall

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The Presentation of the Rodent

 

“The Feast of Candlemas…is perhaps the most ancient festival of Our Lady.”

 

-Missale Romanum

 

The Catholic funeral home calendar

Prints “GROUNDHOG DAY (USA)” in generous type

“The Presentation of the Lord,” well, not so much

And “                                ” ¹ not at all

 

Perhaps one day we faithful will look out

From our dark-tunneled burrows of lost time

And gaze upon the morning shadows to ask

If there will be 2,000 more years of civilization

 

Because in the Temple

 

Our Lady presents unto our Lord the Child

But we present unto ourselves - a rat

 

 

 

¹ The Purification of Our Lady