poem post #5

your laughter

your laughter
is a sacred thing

your laughter
is like sacrament

in the high mountains
of a not-too-distant village
God tends a vineyard

your laughter
is wine
pressed from
the fruit of those vines

pour another glass
another glass
for
us
all

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