We
Implore
How in Your name do You do it  
night and day, day and night, 
weather the whiteout of words,
scribble of mother tongue 
uttered under the breath, 
those heart rending howls 
packing power enough to jolt
the odd celestial cat nap,
hunt You down holed up 
under alias, disguised 
at the wispy tip of some 
far flung finger of cloud, 
or, as I like to picture it, 
sitting at a light draped
in a pearlescent Lincoln MKZ 
with tinted windows, elbow 
on the console, following 
the progress of a pilgrim
brandishing a hand lettered 
sign like the relic of a martyr,
silently praying for the green.  
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