The Discussion Poem by Diana van den Berg

When a blemish blotched their harmony,
they took hands and blessed each other
with the time
to express their views
and they listened to each other
with their inner and outer and middle ears
and then
considered
and discussed
all that was said
and based on that,
they took a humorous vote
and blessed the outcome
smiling all the way
from their toes
through their hearts
past their noses
up to the topmost
hair of each of their heads.

(27 April 2011)