THE GARDENER

THE GARDENER

I SUPPOSE THEY LAUGHED ABOUT IT LATER
WHEN THE DRAMA WAS OVER
 THEIR EMOTIONS COULD COOL
I SUPPOSE THE LAUGHED ABOUT IT THEN
WE THOUGHT YOU WERE THE GARDENER
YOU REALLY MUST IMPROVE YOUR IMAGE
HOW WILL MEN RECOGNIZE YOU IF YOU DON'T MAKE A SHOW
THIS QUIET COMING WILL NEVER WORK
YOU SEEM TO TAKE PERVERSE DELIGHT
IN SITTING AT THE END OF TABLE
WITH THOSE WHO DO NOT COUNT
BUT WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT YOU WOULD BE
WITH DUSTY FEET ON EMMAUS ROAD
NOT PARADING IN THE TEMPLE
WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT THERE WOULD BE
NO BERATING OF THOMAS
BUT A GENTLE BEGINNING AGAIN
I THINK YOU KNEW
WHEN SATAN TEMPTED YOU
WHERE YOUR HEART LAY
WITH US AND OUR CRY FOR BREAD
I THINK IN YOUR DESIRE TO BE ONE OF US
I TOO
WOULD HAVE SAID
SIR
CAN YOU TELL ME WHERE THEY BURIED HIM
I WOULD NOT
NO
I WOULD NOT HAVE RECOGNIZED YOU




FRANK A VOLLMER