POETRY: Lost I

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Lost I

‘Your body is the temple of God’, he bellowed

But the anxious blind eyes were fixed on the large gold rim wall clock

‘Joseph was a good example’ he went on pastorally

Joseph this, Joseph that, Joseph…. he blabbed like a wild parrot

But the black mind had crept far away

The thought of the beautiful curvy intoxicating monster is all the brain is ruminating

The long unending weighty talk from the altar was a nightmare

And men hate nightmares

Pour honey into their ears and purses are emptied

Try being honest, you will have only yourself for a disciple

The child is lost

The sound of the hunter’s whistle is just another fine tune from the wind to the lost dog

 

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