Paganistan: Notes from the Secret Commonwealth
In Which One Midwest Man-in-Black Confers, Converses & Otherwise Hob-Nobs with his Fellow Hob-Men (& -Women) Concerning the Sundry Ways of the Famed but Ill-Starred Tribe of Witches.
The New Old Ways
I sit on the foot of the bed, singing the hymn to the rising Sun.
I'm an early riser, he's not. There are worse ways to rouse from sleep than to strains of the sacred.
His eyelids flicker open as I finish.
“Lift up your legs,” I say.
First were the Old Ways.
Then came the New Ways.
Then came the Old New Ways.
Now we have the New Old Ways.
He grins and gets out of bed.
“We lift them up to the Lord,” he duly replies.
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