prayer for rechargeable batteries

and fastness and coffee mornings

for raffle tickets and crisp stereo sound

for power banks and batch cooking 



prayer for beer-tapas at my local pub 

and for average speed limits 

for goodenoughness at school reunions 

and metastatic anonymity online



prayer for microphones and bespoke

for three-in-one and all other numerals 

for Karen from Home Deliveries

and her quick recovery from sick leave



prayer for perhaps and passwords 

for stopping mid-sentence and for 

everything else that is temporary 

apart from betrayal 



prayer for scissors and for the frontal cortex

and for a long-distance relationship

with my past life  

© Maria Stadnicka, February 2024