work gloves

Sri Krishna had it wrong
we are not on this Earth
for self-denial, culminating
in Union with the Divine

Jesus didn't have it right
either
with his crucifixion
offering his body
to cannibalism
for our salvation

the smell of garbage
overtaking our planet
implies rather, that we put on
our work gloves

we are here to love
so strangely and strongly
that the problem of suffering
becomes immaterial