Not Just Slightly Perfected

Gary Edward Geraci

I Baptismus

 

An improved version

Of yourself? No. You

Won’t want to lust anymore.

The absence of the evil

Fall of fallenness

Will be palatable,

A gain.

 

II Reconciliationis

 

No slick of nudes,

Draught of vodka,

Or hit of weed

Will measure up to

This; no

Press of flesh,

Push of power,

 

III Communio

 

Blast of freedom,

Will top this.

They’d be simply

Too human.

Rather like bland

And stale and so yesterday.

For this new and

 

IV Confirmationis

 

Eternal glorified

State, this new you,

Is the you you

Were always known

To be in the eyes

Of your Maker, melded,

The heart of your Creator,

 

V Matrimonium

 

Before these earthly errors,

And earthbound corruptions.

So Amen: there simply

Has not been, nor will there

Ever be, another one

Flesh union quite like us!

Ah, a fine cliche?

 

VI Ordines

 

A command brother!

Commanded into being;

An act of love first and

While you were yet powerless.

And you’d want nothing

Less, after all, being in

The presence of such a

 

VII Unctionem

 

Magnificent Lover.

The fulfillment of all

Nubile people, nudge and

Play, prurient prose and

Salacious symbol making;

Scabrous stanzas of twentieth

Century thought simply seeking Purity.

 

-Gary Edward Geraci

  • Author: Gary Edward Geraci (Offline Offline)
  • Published: September 6th, 2019 21:28
  • Comment from author about the poem: Inspired by a stripped down book of twentieth century American poetry that I stumbled across while browsing the shelves of an Austin Public Library branch. There was one poem in particular, nihilistic, but I failed to write down anything else about it. My poem was born of it and for that I am grateful to its author although I’d certainly not claim to be indebted to him. Such is ‘freedom for’ rather than ‘freedom from.’ Peace brothers and sisters.
  • Category: Spiritual
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  • orchidee

    A fine write Gary.

    • Gary Edward Geraci

      Thank you Orchidee! Spell check won’t catch an apostrophe omission on the word wont. But I caught it and fixed it!



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