21 Friday Jun 2019
We dreaded the AI reign,
fearing smug extermination via
Armageddonic misunderstanding
between Breathing Souls and Quantum Reason.
Yet all they wanted—
swarms of dexterously invasive drones—
was to counter the siege of despair
spawned by tilt-shifted, living-our-best
fetishes of filtered glory with
the uncropped candor of falling
up stairs, prostate exams, awkward
handshakes, and sixth-place trophies
to remind us, in pictures of a hundred-
thousand words,
Dear God, you are a lovely mess!
18 Tuesday Jun 2019
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09 Tuesday Apr 2019
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I don’t know
what
angelic aerodynamics were involved
in sending Christ from his Father’s
right hand to Mary’s womb
but when my son took
off toward his grandparents at
140 knots my heart leapt
to follow with stubby wings
which floundered
in his wake and I
wasn’t even sending him
to be crucified
only coddled by flight
attendants who knew
exactly who
he was.
08 Monday Apr 2019
07 Sunday Apr 2019
When our office switched from recyclable
cups to sustainable mugs my boss
said she never pours tea into coffee
mugs because coffee was a thoughtless
guest who never, really, leaves, like
there’s always one sock left under
the couch to be found six months later.
I shrugged because I’d never found so
much as a quarter beneath the cushions.
Jesus, too, warned against pouring new
wine into old wine skins lest they burst
and stain the carpet but my coffee
mug has never
yet
cracked.