Poetic response to road-raging SUV driver
by rebecca ~ December 4th, 2010. Filed under: Uncategorized.
RECIPE TO AVOID HATE
The recipe to avoid hate isn’t complex. A few basic
ingredients: clean water, food, shelter, sweaters,
and daily hugs. Add generous spoonfuls of humor,
compassion for broken spirits, respect for the co-existence
of insects. Cultivate the seedlings of self-love with care.
Upon dark occasion, sprinkle with red pepper
and pour pure maple syrup thickly when sour.
Cut open ginger root or splash lemon juice
wherever melancholy hits. Shut your eyes and hum
a little made-up tune if Teacher belittles you in front
of class and later in life when Boss dismisses you
with the flick of her wrist, go to the Internet and look
up the nesting habits of hermit crabs. The most
important thing to experience after that pink-faced
woman in her white SUV has attempted to gun you
and your son down as you crossed the street
for the park—besides midsummer rainfall
and its lush green light—is lifting your face
to the sky with your son held tightly
in your arms. Look beyond rainclouds
to the red orange flare of your soul.
Be thankful you live to love.