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An Imperfect Life

poetry by Fr. Harold Macdonald

The Series

Ashes to Easter

 

 

Again its lent

 

My room, my soul, is cluttered, unrefined;

my files, unfiled, and books are piled askew.

Beneath the jumbled hopes, just who could find

the mouse? The hidden keyboard that you knew

was in the mess? Its somewhere underneath.

Comes not too soon, the stern Ash Wednesday!

I'm energized to chuck the stuff! Bequeath

it to lifes junk yard. Final dump! The day

is longer, brighter light displays my flaws!

Scrub out your lies with lye, cleanse every blob!

Once more unto the breech, uphold the cause!

Again renew yourself; rise to the job!

(But age has crept away with all the sins that please

Theres little left for Lent but memories).