growing up
involved dusting
that was my job
take the lemon pledge
and the dust rag
and dust every wooden surface
upstairs
dust
we don't like
dust
my cousin philip
used to ponder whether
one should dust before vacuuming
or vacuum before dusting
he believed that the vacuum
stirred up the dust
which meant the table tops
got dusty sooner
vacuum then dust he said
and yet
we really never get rid of dust
all we do is move it around
and then days like
ash
wednesday roll around
and we remember we came from dust
GOD
breathed into the dust of the earth
and created
humans
we are dust
we are dusty
and our dust is the result
of GOD's
imagination
and joy
and love
we are dust
we are dusty
you have no more dust than i
i have no more dust than you
we are as dusty
as each other
we dusty humans like to think
we aren't dusty
when we feel
all polished and shiny
we have the tendency
to get all
uppity
but no matter
dust gets on the top shelf
just as easily as it gets on the bottom shelf
you are dust
i am dust
and we are dusty together
as much as we
don't like dust
we can't get around the facts
we are dust
and in the end
this is good news
for it was is and will be
GOD
breathed
breathes
and will breathe
into the dust
and GOD's breath
creates
and the dust
transforms
in life and dust
we belong
to GOD
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