What I found out about you
You dipped your toe into the forbidden
Like into an icy lake you wanted to swim
And quickly withdrew it
Leaving a pebble disturbed
The pebble was enough
I found it displaced
You had already put your sock and shoe on
And walked into town head held high
Guilt trickling down the back of your neck
Like sweat
Your ears red from shame glowed
As the sun struck them sitting on the bench with you
I picked up the pebble and looked at it
The water was cold
The pebble was warm with guilt
I put it in my pocket and walked to town
The tall grasses brushed against me
As I ambled along the dusty gravel road
I kicked at the gravel and dust to amuse myself
The town came in sight and I saw you
The red sweaty man
You were talking about morality and decency
With a squat male audience of one
On that same bench
As I came closer I heard you saying words like
“Jesus” and “God bless you”
They sounded tinny
I was so close now that I saw the sweat
And you had to look up
Because I made a shadow
How is this going to end?
You looked terribly uncomfortable
As if you knew why I was there
Although we had never met
I simply held out the pebble
You licked your dry lips and shaded your eyes
I saw deceit and like all skilled deceivers
You took the hot pebble casually
As your ears burned
And turned as if I was never there
To continue your sermon
No comments:
Post a Comment