When My Father Was Jesus

When my father was Jesus, he stormed around the house and the back-porch screaming loud as the apostles and catching lost birds.

Bird Land Storm Land

Bird-Land Storm-Land

It’s not like you can tell, father said.
What does that mean, daughter said?
It means when it happens you won’t feel it.

Troia

I met John through Justin.

Harry Dean Stanton

It was hot outside
I was working at the Grill in Beverly Hills