the only child

what if God got tired
moved on to bigger and better things
told his son to cut his hair and get a job, then
sent him back to us
what if Jesus is getting drunk at some bar in Texas.
not a carpenter anymore, but
a mechanic,
a part time poet
taking comfort in rust, and
failing livers
signs of time
he can taste some truth at the bottom of the bottle
and the drugs
they decide whats real or not
if that even matters.
last call, and
he tries to scribble down words in the right order
to disrupt order by using words
still fascinated by rust and time
his failing liver
this time he can only die for his own sins