Circus Days and Nights by Robert Lax

Author:Robert Lax [Lax, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Poetry, POE023000, POE005010, PER002000
ISBN: 9781468307665
Google: 2fIlAAAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00E3WHFJK
Barnesnoble: B00E3WHFJK
Goodreads: 130332
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2001-01-15T05:00:00+00:00

Why talk about the somersault,

the leap and landing as such a

great thing. It is great and small.

It is a high achievement for man &

no achievement at all for god or angel.

It is proud and humble. It represents

graceful victory over so many obstacles;

the most elegant solution of so many

problems. And yet like the blossoming

of the smallest flower or the highest palm,

it is a very little thing, and very

great.

Think, Mogador, of the freedom, in a

world of bondage, a world expelled

from Eden; the freedom of the priest,

the artist, and the acrobat. In a

world of men condemned to earn their

bread by the sweat of their brows, the

liberty of those who,

like the lilies of the field, live by

playing. For playing is like Wisdom before

the face of the Lord. Their play is

praise. Their praise is prayer. This

play, like the ritual gestures of the

priest, is characterized by grace;

Heavenly grace unfolding, flowering

and reflected in the physical grace

of the player.

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