where the prayer goes
after it’s released.
Still
I find myself
searching for a place
outside
of my ego
to send
my thanks
and modest petitions.
When the smoke
clears away,
at the end of play
at the end of the day,
I pray,
and take my place
among the strivers,
the jivers,
the connivers,
the late arrivers,
and the stay alivers.
