Sit up straight
feet flat on the floor
NO! 
Kneel, fold your hands, 
close your eyes, 
and bow your head
NO! 
Wait!
You must 
prepare 
confess 
meditate

!POPPYCOCK!

I need grace now – 
standing in line
running late for the train
sitting in traffic
fake news filling my brain 

now – 
as my neighbor drones on about pain
when my mom can’t remember my name
while changes of life suspend sleep
and my retirement has sprung a leak

now – 
in the middle of it all
in the muck and the slop
in the dull and the gray  
I never wait to pray 

It's all poppycock! 
 - posture befitting a King 
and 
perfectly timed OMs and Amens - 
poppycock! 

God already knows my heart 
it’s all I need to bring.