Shiftings

bring in the detachments
those suffering litters to come
red with brown beetles
littered by the sun.
bring those who hunger and thirst for righteousness
For His Name Sake
All capitalized like it means something
When it might mean nothing
bring in what you will
the can is waiting for you
It can not hear
It only listens
Some plane overhead
Never you
And that is the same with our holy god
All lower case like it means something
bring in what you will
The meaning
Ever changing, ever the same
The can is always there
In your shiftings
Into each present
And under the shiftings
Something solid
Call it what you will.

Denis Streeter 5/4/12