3 AM (January, the Second)

By Israfel Sivad
from his collection, Recipe for a Future Theogony, available here.

I can’t relate to what
the troubadours have to say:

Stories of loves lost,
unrequited; dreams
of memories past.

They sing their songs
to harmonica, guitar.

Tunes that bring peace
to the mind, quiet to
the soul. I wish…

(At church last Sunday, you
prayed to Mary Magdalene,
asked forgiveness for Mother
Mary, cursed the Sun and
made love to His Father.)

You tried playing their th...