Pineapple Upside-Down Cake

Blessed are You,
Lord our God,
King of the Universe,
for being upside down.

We layer things up
and You overturn them,
like a pineapple upside-down cake.

Blessed are You
for teaching us
to stand on our heads,
to see what we did not see before:
the poor are favored,
enemies are beloved,
forgiveness predates repentance,
trials are joy,
lost lives are saved lives.

Blessed are You,
Lord our God,
King of the Universe,
for inviting us
to grab a fork
and try a bite,
and for chuckling
at our look of surprise.