ChristвАЩs Regrettable Reticence
Ova is at the mercy
of the enigmatical behaviour
around her
only One behaves
unlike all others
the gentle Jesus
whose unseen behaviour
like a mouse or a fairy
in lurking discretion
is the wary
perfection
of a shy saviour
вАЬOh why wouldnвАЩt the Gentle
come out
вАФinto the open
and just show them?вАЭ
Yet she loves the Gentle
вАЬPerhaps if he knew there
was a dear little girl here
who wouldnвАЩt hurt him
вАФвБ†вАКвБ†вАФвБ†вАКвБ†вАФif he came out?вАЭ
For a pale
pitiful housemaid
who bowed
healingly
between
her
and the loud
maternityвБ†вАФ
Has told her
ofвБ†вАФGentle Jesus
our excuseвБ†вАФвБ†вАКвБ†вАФвБ†вАКвБ†вАФ
He dipped his hand in the sauceвБ†вАФtureen
and allowed his disciples to do the same
And that for every infantile
indiscretion
there is absolution
in ChristвАЩs name
And she
is credulous
as all hungry
imaginations in Man
swallow the parsimonious
presentations put before them