NO NOT YOU

most days
i dont think on god

in little school

when we were taught his name

i assumed there would be a photograph

or an assembly visit  

maybe a lecture

maybe he would sign his book for me

like h e todd did

i had roughneck flask of cordial

& buttered crackers in a tub

vintage cars on my chewed collar shirt

i filed him with fairy tales

& blakes 7

the money tree

& the garden wolf

but still i hear him whisper

'no, not you'

in that way

he might have

if he has

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