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@ 27.055 MHz: Ad Astra; Credat Iudaeus Apella
I audit records of Rome's revenues;
I tally each provincial tax's sums
Those numbers keep the emperor's conceit
alive---they say he has a memory
for figures. I sojourn in Galilee
among Gentiles, Samaritans, and Jews.
And Jonah, beautiful in bloom of youth,
accepted my affections as his lover;
neither of us ashamed to tell the truth
of our desires, and how they orient.
His long hair, slender frame, and grass-stained feet
bestir my heart, and bring me to the heat
of passion. Most of all I love his smile---
shy and sincere, and wholly without guile.
The prejudice that haters like to vent
will someday fall to silence, stricken dumb;
to be banished into a spiritual slum,
a cesspool of gross amorality,
a fit dump for their heinous perfidy.
Meanwhile, we have sweet pleasures to discover.
Now, first time in my life I am content;
as, toward this old soul, Jonah, sweetly, comes.
Starward
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