Kneel If You Must

Slip me a line or three
you little chimpanzee –
flip me a vine and see
if we can climb a tree

together
in this inclement weather –
unfeathered –
untethered.

Be my ekphrastic
art:
free my monastic
heart –

encourage my lust –
kneel if you must –
tell me you’ll trust
or bust –




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