When parties with family become holy

Listen
when the body has quit asking for anything
but calm
and the ears linger on the old songs
of Leonard
and parties with family become
holy
and the head pleads for eclogues
and idylls
while the heart longs only for a faithful friend
a serene lover
and the liver
requests more reasonable work
simple moderation
and the kidneys lobby
for temperate weather and lots of water
and your bowels wish the world
wheat-free
while your knees entreat the evening for oil
of primrose
and when your feet have quit seeking all but
gentle hills
                        so your eyes may rise and rest
                        upon one more red horizon
then
be kind to yourself
attend
listen.