i saw God today ..

i saw God today
she was walking upstreet with a bag of donated food
   and now God could eat

i saw God sitting on a step in the sun
talking

and as God ate God told the dreadful story of being cheated out of the place They had paid for
and now the lights were off and the water stopped running
and God was looking for a bathroom before walking back
to wherever she would go

" do you know where i can find a bathroom?
they'll arrest me for exposure if i go in a public place, you know "  ..
..

i saw God limping today
her face twisted painfully with each right-step
a sick-looking bruise bleeding ugly pus above her knee where she fell in the road
heading for ER right after the food bag
limping ..
and God gave her a walking stick he found God-only-knows-where

" is there anything besides this?
i don't eat pork
   for religious reasons, you understaand "
      God said
and someone witfully posed " are you a Jew then ? "
   ducking artfully in pretense against his
   jabbing muslim glance
..


i wonder what God thought about our venture into the street today
bags of bbq and chips
squatting on the steps of the lawoffice
discussing viruses and God and the madness to come

as God vociferously swore at his unseen attacker
   walking violently upstreet
   swinging his arms in anger

and a couple walk up smiling thanks for the bag
shaking hands in rebellion
smiling
and promising to come again
..

i saw God carry a box of leftover goodies across the street for suppertime when God would eat at Sally's place
.. poor Sally .. she's tired, but she's going strong
      rebel in the face of despair
.. and God smiles, and pulls up a weary chair

i saw God give his bbq sandwich to another homeless person
   'cause she didn't want to leave her stuff
   to go get her own ..

i saw God mumbling to herself as she walked down the street
pulling her cart full of her life for today
   almost as if there was hope for
   tomorrow ..
   .. almost

.. God was everywhere today
         right in the mix
feeding
   and being fed
talking
   and being spoken to
listening
   and hearing
offering
   and accepting
hurting
   and blessing
tired and dirty and mostly lost at the menacing madness everywhere


perhaps i'll see God again tomorrow ..

i think i'd like that