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Torino

R.F. Jordan

the beautiful beast had just careened onto Zerega Avenue,
back seat occupied by an opaque, speckled,
resemblance of a boy.
his mother, and her niece, were busy in the front seat
discussing various unimportances:
shopping, relatives, the tragic flaw of time.
“Jesus Christ!” someone yelled—
the boy looked up.
sure enough he saw the King of Kings
standing, arms outstretched,
atop the tallest apartment building in the span of known existence.
scores of worshippers awaited the second coming
on the ground
with the fire department.

the boy knew it was Jesus because of how the man posed
(though not, really, on a cross at all)
he certainly looked as if he had been carrying one.
the boy looked on as Jesus
flailed
his lofty brittle arms into a wave
and jumped toward asphalt the child never saw him hit—
because the Gran Torino was motoring to elsewhere.

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