THE  BAD  SAMARITAN

Spotted a small crawly thing 

on our gray tile kitchen floor …. 

It was upside down - on its back - 

with its legs all a motion …. 

Do I step on it, get a paper napkin  
and then  bury it in our garbage can? 

Do I rescue it - open up the kitchen 

window - and dump it outside? 

I did neither. I just walked by. 

Sometimes priests do that. 

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2019
Cf. Luke 10: 31