Poetry Friday: Mary Oliver

An apt poem in this season of preparation and waiting....















Making the House Ready for the Lord 
by Mary Oliver

Dear Lord, I have swept and I have washed but
          still nothing is as shining as it should be
for you. Under the sink, for example, is an
          uproar of mice it -- is the season of their
many children. What shall I do? And under the
eaves
          and through the walls the squirrels
have gnawed their ragged entrances -- but it is the
season
          when they need shelter, so what shall I do? And
the raccoon limps into the kitchen and opens the

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