POETRY

There is the god of white shirts

Trans Issue 2015

By SAMUEL ACE | 26 NOV 2015

By Viviane Sassen — Dirty laundry © Paul

April 21, 2014 at 10:04:21 PM

There   is   the   god   of   white   shirts   and
mustaches     the god of embraces     the god
of relief      there is the god of turtles      the
god of webs and eggs     there is the god of
orchestras     there is the god of mustangs
there is the god of earth and under earth
the song of trees        there is the god of
streams and the god of pails     the god of
pine nuts and the smell of pine   there is the
god of arching stone     the god of the ethers
between you and you and the god of wolves

Samuel Ace is the author of three collections of poetry: NORMAL SEX, HOME IN THREE DAYS, DON'T WASH., and most recently STEALTH, with poet Maureen Seaton. He was also a recent finalist for the National Poetry Series.

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