By Ruben Rivera©
Heavenly Minded & Earthly Good blog22 December 2011
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The gift that
was too big
too small
not the right color
not the famous brand
deemed obsolescent
in a society of planned obsolescence
The gift with
no material face value
like store coupons
that will get you half off
on milk and honey but are
not exchangeable for money
why don't they just give us the money
The gift waiting
in long lines for a refund or
exchanged for what we really want or
accepted from the giver with a diplomatic smile
then promptly disappeared like some political dissident
and years later we can say
with a straight face that we still have it
The gift from
that crazy God
crazy and crudely in love
like the child that makes a clay handprint
crude as all get out and wrapped even more crudely
yet the most cherished object on the parent's mantle
A crazy gift
for this crazy world
that has everything and nothing
the only gift you can
take with you
