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This is a complicated world,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> but not for the sake of trying.<\/span><\/p>\n

How do we respond? \u00a0What is it that I have done?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> Have I tried to lay in the long grass,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> to wake early and see my breath?<\/span><\/p>\n

When did I last wait to hear,<\/span><\/p>\n

Not answer, not voice, but a bird,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> the woodpecker\u2019s sharp tap outside the bedroom window.<\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t remember when I last walked in the rain<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> to look up and see the downpour.<\/span><\/p>\n

Am I afraid of getting wet, of tracking mud?<\/span><\/p>\n

How quickly I forget my coat, a pair of boots<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> Do I even remember where in the closet they are stored?<\/span><\/p>\n

I must go out this next time.<\/span><\/p>\n

I must remember that it is expected of me<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> to not remain dry<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> to track mud onto the floor boards.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is expected that I do not remain a stoic philosopher forever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Good reflection never came from sitting at the altar.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unless I propose to be a monk,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> but even the monk must laugh<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> and he does look up into the rain.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is a complicated world<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> but made less so because I am not a monk<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> however much I would like to be.<\/span><\/p>\n

And although not a religious<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> I will still pray.<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps I will even pray tonight.<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps my words will carry hints of the sacred.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is a sacred found in the ordinary;<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> Alive and riveted by this complicated, imperfect world.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> Alive and riveted by this complicated, imperfect life.<\/span><\/p>\n

And my feet have been introduced to mud,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> my hair drips rain.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe I shall yet live<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> or at the very least I will try.<\/span><\/p>\n

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About the Rabble Rouser<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michael Krueger\"Michael-Krueger\"<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Michael Krueger first met Sister Julia in La Crosse, Wisconsin, as an undergraduate student at Viterbo University and dishwasher at St. Rose Convent<\/a>. She was the only sister who didn\u2019t leave a generous tip. (All joking aside, the one and only tip he actually received was the priceless call to FSPA affiliation in 2009). He credits that \u201ctop-notch Franciscan education\u201d for putting him on a path to La Crosse\u2019s Place of Grace Catholic Worker House (where he lived for two-and-a-half years), SOA peace vigils, work with developmentally disabled adults (inspired by Jean Vanier and L\u2019Arche), commitment to social justice and a chance dinner with Roy Bourgeois. He currently lives near Madison with his wife and young\u00a0daughter, and recently joined efforts to begin a Catholic Worker<\/a> community there.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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