“JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE”

But not too close, man, just not too close.

Between the divine and the divine

                                                            lies a lavish shadow.

Do we avoid it or stand in it?

Do we gather the darkness around us,

                                                                   or do we let it slide by?

Better to take it into our hearts,

Better to let us have it.

                                        Better to let us be what we should be.

Tonight, the sexual energy of the evergreens

                                                                             removes us

From any such attitude.

At least for a momentary intake.

                                                          And then it’s

Back in its natural self,

Between the It and the It.

The fly that won’t leave the corpse will end up in the grave.