ELECTION

I cuss, I cry, I fall upon Gods tender breast, and
sometimes, though not every time -- for that

would be a cruel test, I'm sent
out to the other with the selfsame

comfort that has blessed me here
and truly so and so I heal and truly rest.

Leave Those Kids Alone

Learning is loving
and loving is living.

Only God can fix
God.  That is why we are here.

Beloved, learn one another.  It is
the answer we've been waiting for.

Sky Lesson One

Just now
looking for God I saw
an airplane crossing
the blue.

It disappeared
behind a tree, still
I expected it was there.

Sure enough, it showed
yet only to hide
itself away again,
clear beyond the forest,

out of view.  Then
I saw, in shade myself,
She becomes truly visible
by vanishing.

Cosmic Christ excerpt

All the fullness of God was PLEASED to dwell in and through him God was PLEASED to reconcile to himself all things... whether on earth or in heaven... it's not just a mystery -- it's a mystery revealed -- no matter where we go or whatever happens to us, no matter who hurt us or who we hurt, even if you die without being able to  forgive... even if you die without being forgiven by that one person about that one thing... even though, even though... it is being revealed to you right now Saints -- that all and everything means all and everything reconciled, every tear ever shed on this Earth is accounted for, every pain transformed into a holy kiss... God was completely PLEASED to dwell in Jesus human body that God inhabited fully... that we might through Jesus inhabit God fully... Your true self is who you are in Christ and who Christ is in you -- that's Your new name from now on [John Doe-Christ], that's Your new address...

(Then Randy-Christ does a cartwheel to celebrate...)

...

Don't Say That

What can the gospel mean to a leper unless it comes with a kiss?

Francis came reminding me to remember the lonely and waiting ones, weary just from watching the others.

Now you are curious about the speaker: Are they parched, surviving guilt?

Listener, love yourself now, right now.  It is a good way to escape your God-damned curiosities.

It is a prayer for the whole colony.

SHE is Persistent, this one

I wanted to be in a rock band

She waved her hand, I kicked at the dirt

And became a DJ.


I wanted to be DJ

She shook her violent hips

Then I was a radio.


I was ready to be a radio

She removed her clothes

Now I am music


And we are wondering what you hear

What is it that you want?

Shawl

Beloved

Kiss me before I depart

Well, well before