BIRTH AND CONCEPTION ARE MESSY THINGS
THEY PUT YOU IN AN AWKWARD POSITION
SUITABLE BEGINNINGS FOR A PEOPLE
WHOSE LIVES ARE OFTEN MARKED
BY THINGS THAT GO BUMP IN THE NIGHT
SO MUCH OF LIFE IS MESSY
WE GET DIRTY FROM WORK OR PLAY
WE LOSE CONTROL OF OUR BODIES
AS WE GET OLD
WE HAD NO CONTROL
WHEN WE WERE YOUNG
WE WEEP AT HIGH EMOTION
OR IN SADNESS
EVEN EATING LEAVES A NAPKIN DIRTY
IT'S WHERE WE ARE
AND WHO WE ARE
SO JESUS
THE SYNAGOGUE
CLOSED TO HIM
SAT IN A BOAT
AND TOLD HOMEY STORIES
THE TEACHER
SAT IN A BOAT
REDOLENT
OF CATCHES PAST
OF SWEAT FROM WORKMAN NOW
THEY'D LABORED ALL NIGHTAND CAUGHT NOTHING
THEN HE SAID
PUSH OUT INTO THE DEEP
PUSH OUT
AND GO WHERE YOU ARE UNCOMFORTABLE
MASTER
WE HAVE LABORED ALL NIGHT
AND CAUGHT NOTHING
BUT AT YOUR WORD
WE WILL DO IT
SO THEY WENT TO THE DEEP
WHERE DEMONS DWELL
LETTING GO
LETTING GOD
AND CAUGHT FISH
THAT MADE THEM FORGET THEY WERE TIRED
AND CAUGHT FISH
BEYOND THEIR EXPERIENCE
AND CAUGHT MEN UP IN A DREAM
THAT FISH WOULD ALWAYS BE PLENTIFUL
AND THE DEEP WOULD HAVE NO DEMONS
THEY COULDN'T FACE
FRANK A VOLLMER
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