my son falls asleep with prayer dissolving on
his tongue eyes closed
safety and peace his dreams
statistically your god answers the prayers of
white boys who ask for these things
but
what god paves paradise and
puts in a parking lot what god sends his people to the
capitol steps right across the street from a hospital where people are
ventilated intubated
dying of disease
what god commands my people be set free
for haircuts and the bar scene
craft breweries
and what god tells white fathers to sacrifice their children at the top of Mount Supremacy
risks and ridicules trans dignity and identity for sport
what god laughs in the face of diversity
posts on social media making mockery of suffering
what god honors the delusional tendencies of Putin
and minimizes the contributions of women
and queer kids on their mission
and what god creates the splendor of color and rainbow and flavor and shameless celebration and then chooses a piece of white boring WonderBread for his last meal
