Doughnut

 
He sat outside at the table,
   reading the paper,
 
Glanced at a bird in the
   sun-splotched branches,
 
Then saw on his plate
   a doughnut, decorated,
 
Where none had been
   when he sat down.
               —
No one near him, nothing above,
   he seemed alone,
 
But knew it was not a miracle,
   by the silence;
 
Miracles are loud and brash,
   earthquakes and disco lights,
 
God wants to be noticed
   when violating physical law.
               —
He heard a wee giggle
   from the grass below;
 
Pushing back the tablecloth,
   he saw a shining face,
 
Crazy tussled hair, red
   as a Neanderthal’s,
 
Becrumbed grinning lips
   and chocolate cheeks.
               —
He ate the doughnut with coffee,
   and pondered a revelation,
 
That God is a secret, slithering arm
   of a young child.
 
She escaped from her cave and ran,
   crowing across the lawn,
 
Filled with certainty, and joyfully
   ready to save all mankind.
 

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