company come back

Jul 26

he kisses himself sweet goodbye

and only the salt from sweated skin

lifts to stay on his lips.

there is nobody awaiting him tonight—

nor the night before, nor the one before that, and certainly

not in the night to come

he is a man among men

within women and imagining children

but alone and without man or woman

company stays away.

re-turning toward some jesus

and baby, kneeling for mastery

some pope might find his body

and think—

perfect.

beasts body | wilderness