It’s a strange place
to try & find
God—inside
a building. Better off
in a field whose owner,
if any, has let the ivy
overtake it, shotgun shacks
pulled down, abandoned
beneath the green
that has no borders
& thus is beautiful.
Once seen, you won’t
later, in shadow, be able
to hunt it down—
that meadow we sat
awhile, unbit,
shadeless, then went
on without.
HOME PAGE IMAGE: ROAD (2003) by HURVIN ANDERSON, FROM ISSUE NO. 221, SUMMER 2017.