Sunday, June 18, 2023

no fear, only oblivion

 

slow bleeding in a cold room and

he’s the same age as you

 

he’s a father and a son and

a believer in the age of miracles but

the age of miracles is gone

 

the west coast is a fading dream

 

all those saints and angels waiting

for the last house to fall or

the needle to hit bone

 

all those death row inmates

laughing at

the idea of salvation

 

tell her you don’t believe in murder but

what about all of those

people you’d love to see dead?

 

think about the ocean

as it begins to rain

 

two half-truths are a start but

the map still needs a key

 

the desert means something

different to each of us

 

tell him this and he turns away

 

a clock on every wall and they

all give different times

 

it’s like some definition of

god that finally makes sense





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