The Desk Clerk (A Vocational Poem)


I am a desk clerk.

I have worn many cloaks
And many titles in my vocational life,

But only the colors have changed,
Never the meanings;

Now my job is to sensually pay attention,
To cultivate spiritual awareness, and to write about it;

My job gets simpler with each breath,
And with each breath,

I am that much closer
To completing the job;

And as I breathe,
I remain a desk clerk,

A colorful and sensual desk clerk.
 

Phil Rice / 2009