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Paean for the Last Girl Expected for Recess

from That Towering Blue by James Wylder

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From "Cascade".

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Paean to the Last Girl Expected for Recess

These were the days of Jesus Christ
who sat under wilting fig trees, consecrating the dynasties of France
and the alcoholism of America
with free handouts at Cana

These were the days of witchcraft
like the buried baby, knocked into the river by ruffians
and high five with beers afterwards
as we war-paint watch through bushes

These were the days of Pagans
with hair like scrolls of wisdom and the blood red sunset
who looked me in the eye like heathens
as I read the Acts of the apostles by halogen

These were the days of Christians
curled in the corners by computers who gave us warmth
listening to the sermons of madmen
and the cockatrice that chimed thrice


These were the days of Angels and Demons
These were the days of God and Gods
These were your days and my days
And I consecrate these days to you
and each moment passes that I wait like a furnace
to light your sacrificial fires and paint ourselves like Delphi
while I drip a bit onto my crucifix
and I long for the color of our lips to meet
and for Lord Jesus to watch with anticipation
as we make peace through pantheons
and I pull you tight against me for Easter and Solstice
and rise again in the ashes of old

These are the days I sacrifice sins at your alter, and wipe myself clean
No more a God then a man, and no more a man then a catalyst
To make myself that which you deserve: the impossible
because every moment you wait
is a day we sacrifice anew

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from That Towering Blue, released May 1, 2016

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James Wylder Elkhart, Indiana

Author of "An Eloquence of Time and Space", "10,000 Dawns", and "Cryptos."

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