–after Christopher Smart

In praise of you, seen never in time to dance away from, to sidestep,
the surprise of you always a surprise.

In praise of you who bring us out of past or future or dream and plants us
squarely and immediately into the present of now.

In praise of you who cause reaction in our bodies- Lyme, West Nile,
malaria, bubonic plague- and teach us humility.

In praise of you who make us Jesus, you feast on our body
and this is your last supper.

How you shape the human world, a reminder how small
power can be. In praise of you, I spray.