+ 3RD POEMS: Matthew Shepard In Heaven, 1

You do not need shoes

in Heaven, where no one can

hurt you now.  Loved; on

pastel clouds and upon stars'

glow, frolic in barefoot joy.

 

Kyakuchuu

Author's Notes/Comments: 

The reference to stars alludes to Sirach 43:9 in the Apocrypha.

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