Title

Prayer

Authors

Jake Ricafrente

Files

Description

Our state—of books, condition, the body politic—

Is disrepaired, or worse, and wanting light to spill

Past veils, the banks of secrecy (chadors, Swiss laws,

And airy fabrication: all the latent bric-

A-brac of want), I probe the minor predicated clause,

Some ancient honey fungus, a continental shelf

For aims, designs. The world is tired of itself.

Publication Date

2011

Keywords

prayer narrative

Disciplines

Creative Writing | Religion

Comments

"Prayer" was originally published at On Earth As It Is.

Image by Matthew Simmons.

Recommended Citation

Ricafrente, Jake, "Prayer" (2011). On Earth As It Is. 45.
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/onearth/45