FRUITFUL
(Deuteronomy 26:1-11)
Harvest thanksgiving,
ancient traditions marking
the land’s fruitfulness.
Western ‘culture’ spread
at the expense of ‘others’:
the dispossessed ones.
Aliens, strangers,
‘other’ in their fruitful land,
and shunned by many.
Overcoming this,
being fruitful together:
grounds to celebrate.
Jeff Shrowder, 2025
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