J.R. Briggs

Morning Prayerwalk

April 30, 2009

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For the new neighbors
And the ones who yell at each other at night
The car repair shop
And the roofs missing shingles

Borough Hall
And its leaders
Cracked sidewalks
The forgotten and untouched toys in the yard

For the troubled
The troublemakers
And the officers who deal with them

The seedy bar
And its curious owner
The mosque
And its visitors

The abandoned lot overgrown by weeds
The old folks home

For the single mom
The yell coming from the open window on the third floor

The recession ushering in the presence of vacant storefronts
The busted windows

For the old man I just walked past
who possesses an overpowering smell of one too many drinks
For the mentally disabled
For the physically abused
For the emotionally disturbed

The broken screen door
The weeds
And the weed
Green shards of a Heineken
The neglected newspaper still wrapped in plastic

The back alleys
The steeples that point nowhere but up
The trash piles
And those who pick them up

For the hopeless
The helpless
For the invisible
And the visible but undesirable.

For the renewal of all things.
All things.

Amen.

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