The Worriers’ Guild
–Philip F. Deaver
From How Men Pray
Today there is a meeting of the
Worriers’ Guild,
and I’ll be there.
The problems of Earth are
to be discussed
at length
end to end
for five days
end to end
with 1100 countries
represented
all with an equal
voice
some wearing turbans
and smocks
and all the men will
speak
and the women
with or without notes
in 38 languages
and nine different
species of logic.
Outside in the autumn
the squirrels will be
chattering and
scampering
directionless
throughout the town
because
they aren’t organized yet.
