From THE JESUS BHAKTI POEMS

Good girls don't -

This one did,
O Lord of the Night,
Lord of the Less-than-perfect.

*****

My kingdom is not of this world,
he said,
the world where might is right.

Daft, they said,
and placed a purple robe upon
the Lord of Night
and a crown of thorns
pressed down upon his head
and knelt to him
and laughed.

*****

As liars will,
the liars lied.
The Lord of Truth
no word replied -
so he was crucified.

Contend with priests?
A waste of breath.
The Lord of Life
was taken out
and put to death.


From FIN DE MILLENNIUM

THE OLD MAN SPEAKS

You take the high road,
you take the low road,
you take the bloody motorway:
but I was in Scotland 'afore ye ...