charming the apostles

another poem from Poetry of the Deformed (c) 1996 - Pygmy Forest Press. this book, my first, has a certain charm for me (as well as naivety) - while it is hardly my best work over all, it still does give an essence of my approach and vision to/of poetry.



CHARMING THE APOSTLES

the phone tells me
my carpets are dirtier than my soul
the poor will accept the clothes in my closet
as well as appliances i never learned to use properly

donations: money, materials -
it will purify the heart better than confessions
the greater the amount, the more intense the
purification

endangered species, rainforests
even the condemned
all on the balance of my dollars:
as if i were chosen by jesus himself