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god said
you can’t take it
with you
when you go
Thompson had the right idea

dragon teeth
taken from the bible
buried in the leather
rough little stones
poking up like coastal islands

one can smell salvation miles away
it’s a shaggy dog
wet from the rain
with half of its coat
taken by lightning
just seared skin and scars
well
its a fighter

what does anyone expect?

salvation came barking
up the street before vanishing

it was hit by a truck
run down
when everyone wanted it the most