Remember the Sabbath

Remember the Sabbath day

   to keep it holy

Remember the Sabbath day

   to keep it whole

   to slip out the last worship service

   respectfully of course because

   the game starts at 12:15 and

   the tickets are 45-yard-line

Remember the Sabbath day

   to keep it available

   for the sales at J Crew

   and Old Navy and Macy’s

   and Sunday brunch (all you can eat),

   and the bicycle ride starts at 7

Remember the Sabbath day

   the day we thought was meant

   for rest, but more than that

   the day designed to confound

   the rest, the day created

   to explain the rest.

Remember the Sabbath day.

Remember the Sabbath day?

Photograph: Times Square on  early Sunday morning by Bobby Mikul via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.