Singing in church

for W. H. Auden

     Creator Spirit, Come I bellow as Herr Beer
     picks up our slim offerings
                             “Whitsunday in Kirchstetten”

A bass somewhere invented sticky notes
for zipping around in his hymnal. In our choir,
the back row includes an engineer
who does amazing stuff; a lawyer-priest;
a guy down on his luck; and other mentors
with miracles strewn throughout their week
and deeper past.