These Are the Voyages

from Miracle Strip by Matt Layne

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These Are the Voyages

God’s honest,
the first time I heard about Jesus Christ
in the Garden of Gethsemane,
I was in Mrs. Faulk’s Sunday School class
at First United Methodist Church
of Dothan, Alabama, and I thought, Jesus,
of course your disciples fell asleep.
It was late, and You were praying on and on
like a southern preacher in mid-July,
plus, You got them drunk on You just an hour before.
I perked up when Mrs. Faulk said Peter hacked off that soldier's ear.
Who even does that?
It was cool when You magicked his ear back on too,
but I was disappointed by how You went so gently into that good day.

Maybe my belief was suspended by the whipping I received
for refusing to get ready for church on time,
but Star Trek was on,
and I wanted to know if that horrifying rubbery salt creature
consumed all her hosts. Things would have been different
if Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock were with You in the garden that night.
Kirk would have stunned those Roman guards with his phaser
while Spock disabled the rest with precisely placed Vulcan nerve pinches.
They could have rescued You in less than an hour
and beamed You on board to boldly go
where no Son of Man has gone before.

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from Miracle Strip, released August 31, 2022

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Matt Layne Birmingham, Alabama

Poet, librarian, raconteur; Matt Layne has been poking hornet's nests and looking under rocks since he was knee-high to a peanut peg.
I reckon you oughta check him out.