Yesterday's Visitors

five dear ladies came
bearing precious treasure -- dinner
apple pie and muffins.

they left with loving hugs.

two stiff unpleasant mormons came
bearing strange ideas of treasure -- inkings
from the pen of shyster smith.

they left without a hug
only foot shakings.

(latter day saints would fare much better with apple pie and cookies)

two deer, a yearling and her mother, came
to forage old tomatoes in our garden bed
their visit was a treasure

though they left with neither hug
nor shaken feet.

Comments

  1. Anonymous11:54 AM

    I remember long ago, each week our Church sent the youth of the Church out to witness, pass out tracts and invite people to come to Church. I remember the ones who were kind and the ones who were not so receptive.

    Perhaps the Christian thing to do when faced with others who are doing only what they were sent to do, would have been to pass on the cookies and hugs to them. Then they would leave your home with a smile and good feeling. They could have said, that guy did not agree with us, but he sure was a kind man.

    We have had many such people knock on our door throughout the years, but they were never unpleasant when informed we were Wesleyans.

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