Prescription—
not for the cure it brings,
but for the pleasure it stirs—
that is why
it is desired.
Sermon—
not as an iron nail
driven into the stone
of frozen minds,
but from the urge
to blend,
to dissolve into the herd
of the unknowing—
that is how
it leads.
Do not think
the pulpit
belongs only
to the mourner
or the priest.
Have you not seen
the modern pulpits?
Those
who te…