table talk
we sat around tables
in the church basement
we call fellowship hall
sharing a potluck supper
that turned out to be
an abundance of bread
on the table were sheets
holding definitions of
theologies of communion
our topic for the night
we read the paragraphs
and then we told stories
sharing a meal the whole
time we talked about
what it meant to belong
which had less to do
with the -ations and -isms
on our printed placemats
and more to do with being
at the table together
no slight to the scholars
just a reminder that
some theological truths
are best expressed when
we talk with our mouths full
Peace,
Milton