Dinner Prayer

Vagrant Dinner Prayer

Just After the first Seasonal Raining, where the dew comes on Horseback, Miami is transformed into

a kind of Killing Field for the Birds, Just Prior something Very Religious Occurs

An apple to the waterfowl, greetings for Passover, welcome bird

Gorge on the Memory Goddess imbue us with the sight

For our offerings

Let the sandpiper rest in downs of feather, for he has traveled the most and his wing-Veins surge with exhaustion

Let the albatross worship the moon for she is most holy suffused with Grain

Let the shearwaters drink gulps of the Coldwater for they are most Aged and practically dead anyway

Let the ringed Chick Dance for she is most exuberant, small and shear

Let the enormous buzzards feast for they are the gregarious storytellers

Let the honey buzzards perch for they are in the multitude of the glory of the lord

Let the bottleneck warblers’ eye adjust for they are full of insect and tired

Let the ruby-throated humming-bird praise and baptize us for she is most careful

Let the woodland Kingfisher shake off his burden for he is most doused in the Tempest

Let the Lesser Cuckoo Alone for he is without spouse for the moment

Let the rainbow Bee-eater bring on the feast for she is most accustomed to the region

Let the Bohemian waxwing unroll the carpet for she is most new to our traditions

Listen for the thunder of the coming of the hurricane for it hails the multitude of invertebrates

Hear them as they tunnel and breed in the Earth, hear their rush and greed, let us therefore feast