Blessed Burdens
by Moni
Shoulder this burden so I don't have to.
Pull this cart
Bear this baby
Pick this cotton
Do the work that I could not or would not.
Be this man's best friend
Keep this house
Pick this fruit
And you must like it.
You must want it.
You must smile, and never shirk.
Serve me willingly, have no wants.
Be swallowed and find salvation.
Because, someone must do this work.
And it shan't be me. I don't like it.
So it must be you. So you must like it.
Whether you like it or not.
From Ode Inscribed to WH Channing
by Ralph Waldo Emerson
...The horseman serves the horse,
The neatherd serves the neat,
The merchant serves the purse,
The eater serves his meat;
'Tis the day of the chattel,
Web to weave, and corn to grind;
Things are in the saddle,
And ride mankind.
Monday, November 2, 2009
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