Stables of Jericho: Jesus Passed Through

whip and harness
Marquis de Sade Key twists
unlocks the stable

cornucopia stuffed with apples
bible closed upon the Fall
walls reduced to grains

sacrifice of pigs
all that remains
lure the white boar with maresmilk

stain his name
in times when the moon wanes
let the gods announce misdeeds

bend over I (free) will
accept her lash times four
what did she say to me that I submit

biblical pain arouses Bronze Age polygamy
her dominance livens the Dead Sea
where Jesus passed through to heal blind beggars

I beg...
on my hands and knees
to feel her presence to introduce sugarcane

I beg...
on my hands and knees
to feel her presence to domesticate emmer wheat and barley

I beg...
on my hands and knees
she ride this horse with free rein god I feel religion

Copyright Ms. Sage Sweetwater, firebrand lesbian novelist