Counter Top

Always a spoon for sugar,

never a pinch,

get something that sweet

on your fingers

Mama make you wash your hands.

Salt is something

a cook can rub together,

smile come across your face

cool as a cloud of Vidalia onions

and sweet celery.

People with real jobs

get equal at lunch,

briefcases and bandanas

led by their bellies.

Day will come

we'll pass our hearts

easy as pepper

at the Lord's Table.

Right now, eyes big as

sliced tomatoes,

we put in our order

and wait for grace.