Book of Weeds: Chapter 2

 

i. Science is the church

of humility and gratitude.

ii. if you have a kitchen table

where a mother once peeled potatoes

cut onions, opened a tin of beans

while singing to Dean Martin

iii. and you have a sister

who invited everyone

to your mother’s 80th party

iv. and further back in memory

a grandfather, smoking a pipe

in his greenhouse

v. you are obliged

to care what happens

to others.

vi. the priesthood is your secretary

not your soul.