pride –

“Ah, vanity – my favorite Sin”

Al Pacino, The Devil’s Advocate --

glued to the TV I sneeze my way through jungles of doubt

and foreclosure to arrive en masse at my beginnings there

where the sprouts burst laughing in the grass –We

are very delicate here in our glass house poring over

the details of Our demise  wishing only to be recognized

for what we are, proud idolaters on the run

from demonic avatars posing as Men; We

will collapse in Time to the beat of a distant drum

there where we can

kiss with impunity scarcely surviving our guilt

this time coalescing

in a pure white Cloud over barren Sands --