So quick, so eager

to pour that poison

on my tongue

let it dribble

off my chin

set fire to my chest

keep me warm

so shortly

fleeting are your ways

yet the habit

like cement

stays

energize my limbs

to act the fool

speak loose

without care

without shame

I wrong so easy

right so wrongly

coerce this cadaver

into action

provide the natural

with unction

divine

Slap the hell out of me

but gently please

Fold it into the layers of my heart,

into the wrinkles of my brain

the silent cry:

God, be merciful to me, the sinner.

grace

cover me

like

gravity