The grating roar of adolescence / blooming red between my legs, poppy, / the bright girdle coming out of the sky / like a halo.
As Christ in the Wilderness
Sunken Cathedral
Half the night I dream seaward / in search of resurrection
On Paul’s Letter to the Romans
When I read Norman Mailer talk about / “the swoops, spooks, starts, the masks / and snarls, the calm lucid abilities of sin” / I feel the erotics of correctness.
God as Uterus
Livid reminder of who’s in charge here. / Even the heart might seem subsidiary, going on / and on in its peripheral / metronome
Blessing for Cows
No apology / for the constancy of their eating, / / these cows.
Odd Mysteries
The newspaper headlines were all about a miraculous rowboat. / Meanwhile I was teaching kids what to do in case of bullets.
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Flying Wallendas
I say / skywalking, and no net / can ease that plummet— / sky-walk, / sky-fall.
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Psaltery & Lyre 