Sacrament

If you consult
the arbiters of
parlance,
you will find
this
buried deep in
the layers of
meaning
assigned to
the word

Sacrament:

“Something
regarded as
possessing a
mysterious
significance.”

The arbiters
buried this
beneath
four layers
of fastidious
reverence for
“holy” and
“sacred” and
“consecrated” and
“extreme unction.”

I am hereby
putting these
officiants
on notice:

I solemnly swear
to do my
humble best
to make
my favorite
coffee cup
every bit the
sacrament
as any
white-linen-
covered
chalice.

Amen.

(Erleichda: Lighten up!
from Tom Robbins’ novel,
Jitterbug Perfume)