had left him what he was just a boy,
leaving the kind of hole
that makes you cover your children's eyes
because you don't want to try to explain.
he was begging for alms so he could fill it
with a voice smaller than whiteness
and hands hollower than a church.
i wanted to tell him
how i used to find God unawares
and chase Him down the sidewalk
in His socks,
but the man was too ready to listen
and all I could think of were lovesongs.
Spoiler
I have no idea.