Oh Lord
idolater that I am
I once fell on my knees
a crumpled body on the chilled, evening sand
I waited minutes, an hour total
for your recompense
I thought of a man who
saw a trembling shoulder
a tilting altar
sprang forward to touch the gilded
wing of the sculpted cherubim
Struck him down dead
dead like the fallen log
rotted
gripped by fungus fingers
die die die
dead [...]
Archive for December, 2008
An Unlikely Vision.
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Oh Lord, have mercy on my soul.
