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Sacred and Profane

Greg Moglia

Pray for me. After years I’m going to mass
As always, because of a woman
We’re on vacation in Montreal and she’s a deacon to be
Here we go into the Cathedral of Notre Dame
It’s glorious, most statues, most art, most clergy
Do I have a plan, to say a prayer maybe? For what?

Six- year- old me in St. Anthony’s in the village
My Italian grandma shows me how to disguise
The penny drop into the collection basket
Twelve- year- old me sent off with brother to Sunday mass
While at home - Dad with the paper, Mom with the sauce
College- age me and Dad at St. Peter’s Rome
He sees the towers of gold asks
They tell us to give to the poor
Why not slice up these towers?


Now, the mass about to start and my girl leads me through the crowd
When a move I can’t explain, I sneak a grab at her ass
When she begins to feel my touch, her quick right hand reaches back
With perfect timing grabs my balls and I flinch and then smile
We find seats and I think of a news article that says church down
But prayer up, ‘do it yourself’ spirituality

Goes on to say only four types of prayer Wow! –praise
Gimme! – request Oops! – forgive Thanks! – gratitude
Well, on the way into church I may have prayed a gimme
Which quick led to an oops, and considering I have
Never had my balls held in church, even for a moment
As service ended, I gave thanks and a wow



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