Saturday – May 1, 1999
black Nike Airs set a quick pace
untanned calves flash in sunlight
a saffron robe with brown tasseled belt
            flaps down the side of I-35
wire-frame glasses struggle to support
            a concerned cro-magnon brow
brown bushy hair tires
            to cover the shiny cue ball.
a stoic shoulder
            harnessed with a nine foot cross—
                        black rubber wheel attached to the bottom—
                                    Wal-Mart special.

a sign on the back of the cross roars at traffic
            coming up behind:

            GOD WANTS
                        PRAYER
                        BACK IN
                        SCHOOL.

and I’m thinkin’—
                                    Jesus didn’t get a wheel

Updated Sunday, March 07, 2004