Askance

zarocatzarocat Posts: 1,901
edited March 2011 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
ASKANCE

My God she said, I am the virgin that has come
pushing
and assuming
God’s reason for sending me
into the belly of man is my question

Forthright shivers travel spinelessly
Deleting all but my question
Forcing myself open yet closed as you request my God, my father
Which I have yet to understand from my knees

Would you not rather see me on my feet
Instead of on the end of my bed taming the bloody patches of these knees ?
Their shade, bruise, too familiar with what you don’t say to me
With what you haven’t answered for ?

My time travels near the end of winter at this moment, embracing spring
The celebration of you hanging, being and coming
and still I have no answers

No pews is good news
Ya, that's right ... Fuck you
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