“manufestus”- a repurposed poem

Jude 1:12 “These are hidden reefs at your love feast, as they feast with you without fear.” 

Shiver and Shake for your heart has no place 

Another absence, another guilty abscess

Snakes at the love-feast that you refuse to face

 Dancing juice and haunting tunes 

You didn’t mean to stay past June 

Shiver, Shake, your heart has no place.

Call your mother, call your home

Your skeleton apologies lack all bone 

You are the snake at the love-feast that you refuse to face.

Can she hear the hiss, hear the lie?

When did you begin to cry? 

Shiver, Shake, your heart has no place.

An empty plate at a meal of brotherly love

A traitor in the midst of unity’s cove

You are the snake at the love-feast that you refuse to face.

Light a candle to blow out the dark

Maybe you can dream of somewhere less stark 

Shiver and Shake for your heart has no place

Snakes at the love feast that you refuse to face