Supremely Silly?

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(for the Trappists of Genesee)

So ridiculous; so unthinking.

I stayed three nights

We prayed together

I never spoke with any of them

We made eye contact

I know by voice and light that

They are real, but

I drove 8 hours home again and

Tonight I miss them

Like a best friend who moves away

Like a girlfriend who breaks up

Like the family when you go to college

They’re a group of monks

Their thing is their thing

You see it and you go,

But,

Tonight.

I see their faces and

Hear their chanting voices; I see

Bodies bent by years yet voices hearts souls undimmed, I

Miss them deeply deeply truly, it’s

Supremely silly?

Published by johnpmcginty

A native of the North Shore of Boston, I currently live in Worcester County, Massachusetts. I worked at Boston College as the Acting Director of The Church in the 21st Century Center until August, 2010 and served until November 2016 as Canon for Formation, and Dean of the George Mercer Jr. School of Theology of the Diocese of Long Island. I was happy to serve as Rector at the Church of Saint Anselm of Canterbury in Shoreham, New York from late 2016 to early 2020. I began service as Rector of The Church of Saint Matthew in the city of Worcester on the first day of the fateful month of 2020.

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