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pickled my head in
Sahara sands

used to be so obsessive until
I saw
Jesus buying Valium at the
checkout counter
Allah in blue jeans
Moses masturbating on the steps

I changed
stopped asking
when can I get it
after
I saw
you paint yourself
in scarlet
a wounded doe to catch flies

heard the Bedouin man
ask
how’s it going
I replied
brother
watch my insides explode

back back then
killed a Good Samaritan to get
some sleep and
dressed as a priest
to hate my own touch
but you knew all about that
didn’t you