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Otherwise

Christian Century,  March 22, 2003  by Jane Kenyon

Otherwise

   I got out of bed
   on two strong legs.
   It might have been
   otherwise. I ate
   cereal, sweet
   milk, ripe, flawless
   peach. It might
   have been otherwise.
   I took the dog uphill
   to the birch wood.
   All morning I did
   the work I love.

   At noon I lay down
   with my mate. It might
   have been otherwise.
   We ate dinner together
   at a table with silver
   candlesticks. It might
   have been otherwise.
   I slept in a bed
   in a room with painting
   on the walls, and
   planned another day
   just like this day.
   But one day, I know,
   it will be otherwise.

"Otherwise," copyright 1996 by the Estate of Jane Kenyon. Reprinted from Otherwise: New & Selected Poems with the permission of Graywolf Press, Saint Paul, Minnesota.

COPYRIGHT 2003 The Christian Century Foundation
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