The Prodigal

He's the one

goes down, every day

on

each of us,

in all of our shame

cursed, for

entering and leaving

home

to break in

our morning,

red

dawning

our joy

at his return

and we cluck his handle

with inflamed finger

as if to say, You---!

Of a---

but

when he comes, in

shows a ruddy face

and smiles upon

our fortune and lot

we've gladness, at root

And in all the Good Book

in all of Life, its Deed and Trials

when he goes,

out

we know

in a Word, of God

He's the One, will give up

the Ghost

of us, all

and we wait, in

the Name of the Father.

02.17.2024

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