Poetry

what  gabriel’s  message

i.e., his so-called
Annunciation to me

albeit, truly meant
’twas all about . . .
a foedus, a

contract, a
treaty, a
pact, a
covenant be-

tween God, and me.

that I made
binding with my fiat.

which I am certain
verily so, ’twas what
God wanted to hear.

sort of though, to me
I thought it
and
I meant it

as an “I do.”
to certify
It as a
“nuptial union.”

and of course what
did love have
to do with it, . . .

only Everything.

because the sub-
text of his message
to me was all about

a Fetus.