October 27–November 2 ❘ Nauvoo House

Oct 27

Nauvoo House

I’d like to buy stock
in a boarding house of the Lord
somewhere safe and secure,

a stake in a perpetual timeshare
to be recorded and remembered
from generation to generation,

a sanitarium to rest from all toil
on the healthful banks
of a slow, winding river

to be no more a vagabond
seeking the bread of life
but take up the work of Forever

if such a place exists to welcome
a stranger in a strange land.

October 20–26 ❘ Hiding Place