About A Quarter To Eight

Faith, indeed, is all the reform that is needed; it is itself a reform. - Thoreau

roll with the punches

do some stomach crunches

as the man in the moon's face wrinkles and his nose scrunches

out with the tide

open your eyes wider than wide

see what you don't want to see

as you end up being what you never thought you'd be

squirm like a lowly, earthly worm

as you drip faith's sticky, life-giving sperm

pray, swear and reaffirm

know that it's better to challenge than to learn

cut me open

watch me bleed music

try to find my soul

get baptized when it's frigidly cold

wear a woolen hat when it's hot

show them everything you've got

before you grow too weak and old

show heaven your tattoo

if it's the last thing you ever do

meet me at the gate

before it's too damned late

at about a quarter to eight

Author's Note

"Faith keeps many doubts in her pay. If I could not doubt, I should not believe." - Thoreau