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      April 4, 2022A PrayerPorsha Monique Allen

      after Francisco X. Alarcón

      I want a god
      at my disposal
       
      a god who sits
      at a nearby diner
      drinking coffee
      while counting
      the people walking by.
       
      a clumsy god
      a cruel god
      a cowardly god
       
      a god who
      has to ask
      us for forgiveness.
      a god who
      doesn’t know
      our name
      before asking.

      from #75 - Spring 2022

      Porsha Monique Allen

      “Growing up in church I always wondered what it would be like if God were imperfect. So when I came across Francisco X. Alarcón’s poem, I saw it as a chance to explore the possibility of an imperfect God. I loved the idea of the roles being reversed. What if God looked to us for mercy? What if God wasn’t all-knowing? How would that influence the way we see God?”

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