Sunday, November 25, 2018

A Day in the Park


His cough is nagging and persistent,
and you just know the homeless man
is living on borrowed time. The young
woman sitting next to you is smart and

attractive, and you figure her attributes
could very well afford her a promising
future. The minister on the other side
has devoted his life to a calling hopeful

for the Kingdom of Heaven to come.
Little does he know, but a child on the
teeter-totter is practicing for the ride
of his life. Ups and downs are in the

cards for everyone. Yee-haw, ride ‘em,
Cowboy! The squirrel couldn’t care less
about its future. He grabs warily at the
peanut offered to him. It is wise for us

as well to recognize certain innate instincts.
It’s so damn convenient these days to forget
about from where we came. A few hours
sitting on a park bench in the middle of the

city can reveal the anthropology of our history.
Open your eyes and see. You needn’t unearth
bones below the surface to know…Yes, like it or
not, this mishmash of humanity includes you too.

Chris Hanch 11-25-18

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