Ministration
Take a fingertip of fire
to a thread of magnesium
and watch the messiah himself
spring from the coil
brighter than any welder’s torch
that fuses a seam between
the arm and body of a tin man army
not yet buried with its emperor
but standing at attention
as if they’ve done this all before
they’ve been driven from your side
only to return and prostrate themselves at your feet
they will swallow the excuse
you spent three days perfecting
as if this could fill the void
shaped distinctly like god
and by the way
I know that Nineveh wasn’t built in a day
and that Las Vegas took at least two weeks
I know that your words
cannot substitute gauze
or dollar-store band-aids
so don’t waste your breath
telling me it’s all going toward something
I don’t know everything
but I know a few things
and I know better than that