forgive me father for i have sinned
i don't know where i'm standing
i don't know where i've been

today resembles yesterday
tomorrow has no inviting space
the color of Saturday
the mutation of leathered lace

it forges an unsigned check
kisses a rosy cheek
bundles in sticks and twigs
the loudest voice i seek

forgive me father for i have loved
unwarranted and necessary
in the round so little and
yet so many

dirty by the hands that cannot touch
accepted by a two-tone rainbow
taken to heaven
and dropped to the earth once again

cleansed from the root of the tree
i renamed each leaf
i chewed the bark
smiled with dirt between my teeth
but never spat it out.