And He Held Out
And he held out
his hand and I put
the bolts there
and he said is that
all and I said it was
all I could find that
the shell was burned
like a house charred
down to rafters
and joists and he
asked which are
the rafters which
the joists and I
said my ribs are
the rafters my ribs
the tall arching rafters
of my church and my
spine the joist and
my heart was
the furnace but
it’s gone and
here’s what’s left
and he smiled and
curled his hand and
I knew he meant
to look for more
later while I sleep