Rear-Ended
when he was ten
the dad rear-ended him
it was over in a few minutes
taught him how to bend to men when
he was ten; stretched his rim turned him
into a preacher who followed in the same wagon wheel ruts
coy binger
one day stopped
his team for a herd
of longhorns and thorns
to cross when he was nine
until preacher came behind him
he was doing fine
something about
the bible and the pedophile
makes it justifiable in the ring
sorrel of armageddon and andalusian jesus
the ballad of charlie utter that was then this
is now under the biker hat brim
blessing of the bikes
ordained long-hair patch holder
wearing tattooes and a jesus beard
sons of silence spotted him in the crowd
something about the bible and the pedophile
makes it a prayer of obituary to recite outloud
he was sixty three
they say his axle snapped
he was rear-ended bumper sticker
said god existed there I was it was me
his bloody reaper sickle the headlights flickered
black hooded antlered deer appeared in the tree
Copyright Ms. Sage Sweetwater, Celebrity firebrand lesbian novelist
Ron