When the monks came to town my fingers were too loose.
I let them bless that which others had given me
And so I am without a single holy thing.
Now, I treat everything like a deity
Until the monks return.
As I wait:
I sit still in the wet grass, sun-burned and ******
With my paperback lying on the ground.
(a god, forgotten temporarily, soaking in the dew)
It spins me a curse.
I am oblivious to this as
I wish
To be a spirit
Flowing from body to body
Knowing nothing but your face.
Jul 7, 2014
Jul 7, 2014 at 2:32 AM UTC
When the monks came to town my fingers were too loose.
I let them bless that which others had given me
And so I am without a single holy thing.
Now, I treat everything like a deity
Until the monks return.
As I wait:
I sit still in the wet grass, sun-burned and ******
With my paperback lying on the ground.
(a god, forgotten temporarily, soaking in the dew)
It spins me a curse.
I am oblivious to this as
I wish
To be a spirit
Flowing from body to body
Knowing nothing but your face.
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