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Bayou Sonnet

1/25/2017

 
I‌ ‌stroll‌ ‌on‌ ‌the‌ ‌edge‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌water‌ ‌and‌ ‌search‌ ‌
For‌ ‌bodies‌ ‌of‌ ‌lovers‌ ‌and‌ ‌wisdom‌ ‌and‌ ‌time‌ ‌
The‌ ‌waves‌ ‌are‌ ‌the‌ ‌pews‌ ‌and‌ ‌the‌ ‌bayou,‌ ‌my‌ ‌church‌ ‌
Opacity‌ ‌such‌ ‌that‌ ‌it‌ ‌must‌ ‌be‌ ‌divine‌ ‌
 ‌ ‌
I‌ ‌dare‌ ‌not‌ ‌approach‌ ‌and‌ ‌disturb‌ ‌its‌ ‌old‌ ‌hymn‌ ‌
Its‌ ‌shoreline‌ ‌the‌ ‌bound’ry‌ ‌of‌ ‌life‌ ‌and‌ ‌demise‌ ‌
For‌ ‌God‌ ‌knows‌ ‌the‌ ‌trouble‌ ‌I’ve‌ ‌seen‌ ‌and‌ ‌the‌ ‌sin‌ ‌
And‌ ‌on‌ ‌every‌ ‌altar‌ ‌a‌ ‌sacrifice‌ ‌lies‌ ‌
 ‌ ‌
Instead‌ ‌I‌ ‌just‌ ‌walk‌ ‌and‌ ‌I‌ ‌cast‌ ‌out‌ ‌my‌ ‌gaze‌ ‌
For‌ ‌something‌ ‌as‌ ‌ancient‌ ‌as‌ ‌feeling‌ ‌and‌ ‌fire‌ ‌
And‌ ‌think‌ ‌of‌ ‌the‌ ‌heaven-like‌ ‌hell‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌waves‌ ‌
Of‌ ‌beauty‌ ‌and‌ ‌sorrow‌ ‌and‌ ‌pain‌ ‌and‌ ‌desire‌ ‌
 ‌ ‌
And‌ ‌out‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌distance‌ ‌walk‌ ‌all‌ ‌of‌ ‌God’s‌ ‌sheep‌ ‌
With‌ ‌bodies‌ ‌as‌ ‌faceless‌ ‌as‌ ‌those‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌deep‌
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Jeff and the Mississippi

1/9/2017

 
Most people think
that rivers
are only water
 
But most people
don’t know
what you knew
 
That a river
is a virile body
just like yours
 
With just as many secrets
 
To learn that
they would have to
do what you did
 
They would have to
have been there
on that night
 
To sink into
your mud-filled boots
black and caked
 
To allow
your fish-fed t-shirt
to spill over their chests
 
To lie back
into the endlessness
like lured lovers
 
And to sing like you
 
An air that
nature remembers
and vows to reclaim
 
Pouring itself
down their throats
in a show of jurisdiction
 
Most people
don’t know
nature’s price for wisdom
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