hit a false note, we 
jumped out of our horns, was 
 
skinnydipping 
in Mayberry 
when they pronounced 
Aunt Bea dead 
 
so young 
I thought  
God 
a saxophone 
 
rolled up 
in his horn 
and waited 
 
for  
Marlena 
to  
breathe 
again 
 
found Jesus 
walking on the water 
 
with the cock of Marvin Gaye, 
the throat of Sam Cooke, 
the pelvis of etc. 
in his hands 
 
in his hands 
 
Said Jesus, 
Where you going? 
 
He said far away  
from here 
 
But what about all these fish? 
 
Believe what you want 
Just give 'em something to eat 
 
On the day God 
became Santa Claus, we 
 
knew Daddy 
would not be back



©2005 by Ray Sweatman