to see her godlike father
right in time for the King of Kings.
You feel it in the dank
calling the kid
to clean up the afterbirth.
Christ was born tomorrow.
You'll be 33 soon.
Like an Oliver Stone film
it makes too much sense.
There aren't enough candles
to burn off her eyes
at the quiet of your table.
You wonder what your soul's worth;
wonder where it went.
If you had the brass you speak with
you'd take the ride to Warwick
if only to drive by.
Instead you wander the floodplain
kicking embers to remember.
Prayers have changed
since childhood.
God has met his match.
Don't drink from the tap
in a town that has no river.
Currently reading:
"The Same River Twice" by Chris Offutt.
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