I watched a man pretending
to be Christ stagger up the aisle
with a two by four on his shoulder.
Two soldiers with Roman plumes
flanked him, ready to slap
his back with
there, off the edge, between the black swell of the flattened peaks and dips,
radio tower antenna pushing up as wild grass, now looking back toward the city.
my wife is asleep now
We agreed to meet in the forest to talk. The sun
is setting. Wild irises on fire on an April evening.
Moths flutter on my bare arms, dusting me off.
Romance slinks into
I never thought it was funny
when you told people to fuck off,
your fingers high in the air,
legs barely long enough
to reach the ground.
I knew you when
you were