All and Nothing At All

A therapist skirts the edge of lunacy
like a priest engages sin

An evangelist disavows poverty and fear
like a snake that sheds its skin 

Together they paint the corridors black
with a promised light to come

Their patients and converts alone in the dark
salvation zero-sum 

(Dreamsleep: March, 2023)
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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