May I have a new God

for example, this pitcher of water,

I will pray to it in the morning, before lunch and before going to bed

I will grow through the knowledge if its wisdom

 

Or that child, perhaps,

begging frozen like a sculpture of some god who will never be famous

 

Or that sparrow, why not,

I will build a temple for it at the window edge I will bring oats, bread, love

 

May I have a new God

like that door, for example,

facing the mountains, the wild animals, the fields

the grass, the healthy herbs