He Should Not See Death, Before He Had Seen the Lord's Christ; or, the Difference Between Promise and Fulfillment

Hospice-care prophets
hold long-expected Jesus--
early dismissal.

Drunk in the Spirit

Sing a new song-- o Israel's To Shavuot! to Torah! On Sinai's height-- poured libation of

a drinking psalm-- diasporic throng, to Pentecost! and to Holy Ghost! Jerusalem-- baptismal-bath-tub gin.

Assurance of Pardon

Thou Priest of first and final sacrifice
(east of Eden, Calvary's height)
You covered shame and covered sin--
washed with blood and clothed with skin.

The Lord Himself Shall Descend from Heaven with a Shout, with the Voice of the Archangel, and with the Trump of God

Lord, haste the day
(in two-tone rhyth'm)
when island, sky and mountains skank.

The trump resounds,
trombone descants:
angelic ska--
the Lord descends.