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"Hidden Manna"

("...to the victor I will give some of the hidden manna..." Revelation

2:17a)

 

it's a developed taste, a distinctive palate,

an uncolorful peasantry meal; not unpleasant,

simply unadorned and, frankly, somewhat

disappointing in its presentation

 

i generally prefer a three-tier cake (pudding fill,

creme-de-la-creme and upper crust frosting),

carried in by bedecked attendants and marched right

up to the head table for the crowned and medaled

puffpastry victors' delight

 

but this flatcake, earthbread, fill-my-crock-once-a-day

routine unraised unleavened bread barely

touches my tongue and i wonder why they

call it BreadFromHeaven at all

 

why do You hide, Bread of Heaven,

why wear the mask that makes You look like me

(or Joe, the badbreath bartender, for that matter)

why give Yourself to us in hiding?

why such earthenware disguise?

why give Yourself to us?

why give Yourself?

 

Feed me till i develop a taste

for Bread-in-Hiding

Feed me till pastry is passé

in all its airy yeastiness

 

Feed me the incarnate Bread,

gathered from earth,

given from heaven,

received by faithful and humble

victors at the back of banquet halls

 

 

 

mark phillips

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