Maya exam
Either I'm paranoid or God plays with me
in his giant clockwork school of existence.
I've known grace and now its become the carrot
that makes me know my experience
or slip back into faking it.
My uncle says I think too much about my thinking
gazing into the mirror wondering who it is
that is looking back at me.
And its true ... I wield the mirror well
seeing both sides of everything ... but myself.
Diane says we're going to hell
but not to worry, she laughs,
'All our friends will be there'...
and my body cannot deny her.
Chris says she's found the way
to overcome herself through Christ
and she shines conditional joy upon me
complete beyond trying or touch, safe.
Rose says there isn't anything else
just babies and trust and patience
and, that without lust or striving, we could settle
into watching the years we're given pass.
And I, I the chess master, weave and stagger
from move to move ... mirror in hand.
gallagher
19 Jun 75
Long Beach
— Copyright 1965-2008 by Dennis Gallagher —