.a sinner/s prayer.

oh    ,/jesus christ,/
father son and spirit
i believe in the way 
you lick and     l o v e  
this 
veil-drenched 
world

your suffering is a scented oil 
who strokes god’s tongue 
with its heavenly odor

your loins
. like ours.         burn 
for the     unwashed stench 
of 
wilderness       passion

and so, we strip off 
these robes
of                   flesh and bone,

and run on water,  
                   n a k e d and soaking

to lie, intertwined with you
                    ,/outside the camp,/