at a revival
people slain in the Spirit
rising and falling
on the wooden stage
as I retreat into myself
beads of sweat
gather on my forehead ...
people around me
pray in tongues like Morse code
to the God I've lost touch with
unshackled
from my childhood beliefs
I'm a passing thought
in the mind of God
who forsook his son on the cross
Added:
the pastor warns,
a life without Christ leads
to the abyss
of boredom and death ...
his [gay] son and I know it well
FYI: This tanka could be read as a sequel to the following one:
my Christian friend
fought a tough civil war
against his gayness ...
his mother who never fought him
now sets out to fight her world
Chen-ou Liu
Added: Game Show 2024, XXIII
indicted, again ...
a stray answers the cries
from my neighbor
with the supersized yard sign
Trump, Take America Back!
Note: This tanka is a sequel to the following one about Trump's first indictment:
Game Show 2024, XVII
S.U.V. motorcade
to Trump-branded airplane
to S.U.V. motorcade
to Trump Hotel and Tower ...
next, he's fingerprinted and charged
FYI: HuffPost, June 9: "New York Daily News Sums Up Donald Trump's Latest Legal Woe With 2 Words And A Comma."
And The Nation, June 9: "The Criminal Delusions of Donald Trump: The former president faces seven federal criminal counts—and there are more to come. But the law won’t stop Trump from lying to himself."
