Parading

Down Sally Cow Lane and Elsewhere

I don’t know exactly what a prayer is.

I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
I do know how to pay attention, how to fall down
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
into the grass, how to kneel down in the grass,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
how to be idle and blessed, how to stroll through the fields,
which is what I have been doing all day.
which is what I have been doing all day.
Tell me, what else should I have done? —Mary Oliver
Tell me, what else should I have done?
—Mary Oliver

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