At the hotel
Milo Redwood
the rooms are
normally left
open
--on display for tourists--
but a door was
closed
and I knew
that the room
had not been rented
so I turn the knob,
just walk in.
There are two men,
arm wrestling.
First I'm embarrassed
and just turn around
to leave--
they're grunting and getting
red
but then I
notice that only
one is grunting
and red...
on closer scrutiny
I see that it's
Christ and Satan
and
you know which one is red.
The winner
gets earth for
the next thousand years
Christ is cool
and collected.
Satan is driven
and crazed
and wins,
however,
Christ is a good sport--
Christ is a graceful
loser
