The Good News about Armageddon

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Young woman delivering the word
door to door: I was lonely, invited you in.

The time being short, we mustn’t waste it,
drop of semen, speck of dust. Yada-yada.

My father’s tanned arm out the car window, his hand
cupping the rush of cool air, then letting it go.

I have never met an angel, but I imagine
their wings under clothes, hymenopterous.

Here, my lucky number, sit a spell.
It will take awhile for the wave to reach us.