[stylist] Poem - "Jesus" - First Draft

[William L Houts via stylist]

Hey Bridgit,

So glad you liked this one.  Since that original post, I've expanded the 
poem somewhat;  I'll send you a copy directly if you're at all 
interested, but don't feel at all obligated that way.

regards as always,


Bill













On 5/31/2014 4:10 PM, Bridgit Pollpeter wrote:
> Bill,
>
> Thanks for sharing. As always, beautiful. Very vivid descriptions and
> full of pathos. Maybe some of the specific descriptions can be
> re-worked, such as, "trained to the tune of a gun," but I like it
> nonetheless.
>
> Bridgit
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of William L
> Houts via stylist
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 4:39 PM
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> Subject: [stylist] Poem - "Jesus" - First Draft
>
>
> Hi Blinks,
>
> I wrote this one yesterday.  I think I might have more to say on this
> subject, but I'm not yet sure it belongs in this poem, and I'm not quite
>
> sure that it doesn't.  Ambivalence is my middle name after all, ha.
> Poem follows below signature.
>
>
> --Bil
>
>
> ---
>
>
>
> When someone brings beauty
>
> out of that bitter old ruin,
>
> I fly for a minute or two,
>
> my heels half hovering, half stomping
>
> with yes and joyful grooves,
>
> so used I am to savior nailed up
>
> on vicious plans:burn the faggots,
>
> burn the lefties, burn them all.
>
> As if God were some Gestapo's
>
> wolvish hound or hobgoblin,
>
> trained to the tune of a gun
>
> or some black madame's whistle and whip:
>
> monster and prophet, presodemt of some
>
> peculiar skyllike hell.
>
> As for me, I think he came once
>
> to the world, and the second time must
>
> arrive in our heartsblood grottoes:
>
> alive, ablaze, and
>
> hilarious earthwise whole.
>
>
>
>
>
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