devourer

Devourer
7-2-17

Be not afraid
Speak and hold not thy peace
Ah, terrible birth
For what it's all worth
As lips drop with flesh
Gone commercial today
And a need to stay with it
O, providence
Eloquent for the evidence
Of private presence
Aquila down in Pontus
Speaking boldly in the synagogue
For our young one
Bursting as well for our Sosthenes
O, how can we begin again
Sound my loud sharp trumpets
Rearranging the Mabinogion
Greeting folklorists by the way
For a deputy named Gallio
Our lover of wild rebellion and devourer....





Getting Ready For Church
7-2-17

Every time the church falls silent and indifferent
Lapsing back into complacency
Yet mighty in Scripture
Greeks take Sosthenes
Lost for words I ramble
And with time I gamble
As rivers speak evil of one another
As she lets her hair down
And the heat is oppressive
With endless genealogies
Soon need to haul arse and get ready for church
Bosom anointed with nectar and cathedral of scores
For the remainder of her days
In her the steel wheels disappear
At least I won't have time to think too hard
O, stone of destiny, be....