Bath Water

Warm bath water
Deep sleep
I feel my fingertips and
I taste pennies
Adonis wakes up
The boars tusk
Tears into tree bark and
The people rejoice

God is a black woman
God is a queer person
God is an aging Muslim
God is a single mother

Where is my Christian father?
My white Jesus?
Who was I talking to?

Warm bath water
Deep sleep
I feel the tips of my toes
I see the forest floor
Adonis wakes up
The nature cults sing
From empty cisterns

God is a bottom feeder
God is a house pet
God is a crying newborn
God hasn't happened yet

Where is my Christian father?
My white Jesus?
Who was I talking to?