I write my sins as murky stains
in permanent black ink
between the layers of skin and veins
below the sur
-----------------face
where the widows' wails fail to reach
just in case i lose my f o c
--------------------------------- u ~ s
and forget there's yet more myself can teach
I too- got two or more tattoos
so my scriptures could last forever
no matter the weather
that w.i.th.er.s Moses' tablets of stone
Red Sea, I command Thee!
-wash away the ten commandments.
or condemn me for I?
I shall write my own.
