Operas, Oratorios & Cantatas

The Wife of Lot (a pagan mass)

Prologue
We cannot ascend unto the world of the gods
without first having completed being human …

1. A Child of Horns (Kyrie)
I chanced upon a child of horns
within a dewy copse of thorns,
a naked babe of no great years…

God, as I see her

God, as I see her
is the sustainer of all,
sacred and profane,
she feeds both alike
without qualification

God, as I see her…

Orange Kitty Bleeding

I killed the old orange cat this evening.
After chasing him for three months, I
crawled up on the roof after him;
right between the eyes from not more than
five feet away where he had Bagheera
treed up the great live oak….

Notes From a Marriage

He fell asleep in
the morning
and the birds sang
all day

A good slow fuck
and a short dark nap…