scetes
I am filled with an all-consuming desire
to wander naked through a desert and talk to god
for no less than forty days
this desire will surely rid myself of all my other desires
I will learn to chant in Greek
neither eat nor drink befriend a
bear like a regular Saint
Seraphim if there are no bears in
the desert I will summon them
I will grow my hair out long so that
when I meet the right man I can
wash his feet with it
my only fear is that
my body is not
capable of purifying
anything
when i get to heaven
EVERYTHING THAT HAS EVER HAPPENED LASTS FOREVER / WHEN I GET TO HEAVEN I’M GOING TO SINK MY TEETH IN / WHEN I GET TO HEAVEN I’M GETTING IN THE FETAL POSITION AND CRYING UNDER THE BATHROOM SINK / WHEN I GET TO HEAVEN I’M GOING TO ASK MY MOM TO BRAID MY HAIR / WHEN I GET TO HEAVEN I’M GOING TO MAKE GOD LOOK ME IN THE EYES / WHEN I GET TO HEAVEN I’M GOING TO SMASH THE TAPES
Sophia Tempest Parsons is a poet from Dallas, Texas who is currently lives in Brooklyn with an elderly cat. Her work has been featured in LESTE, Omega, Honey & Lime and others. Her first chapbook, A LAMB HANGS BY ITS OWN FOOT, came out with Ghost City Press in 2019. Tempest is her real middle name.
Twitter: @sophergrace