Philippians 4: 6-7
Sat above her TV
In her bedroom
And as I lay in her bed
After sex
I stared at it
And read it at least 10 times
“Do not be anxious about anything,
but in every situation,
by prayer and petition,
with thanksgiving,
present your requests to God.
And the peace of God,
which transcends all understanding,
will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
I didn’t speak for 5 minutes
And that’s probably why she asked if I wanted the TV on
‘Sure,’ I said.
Shitts Creek comes on
And I had never seen it
And it was
Almost funny.
I didn’t laugh during the first episode we watched together.
The second on was about to start
When I said,
‘I’ll watch this one and then I'm going home.’
‘. . . Okay,’ she said timidly.
I was reading the Bible verse again when she crawled on top of me.
She wanted to go again—I didn't.
I didn't think I could get hard again that quickly
But I did
And he went at it again.
I got dressed right afterwards
And started to walk out of her bedroom
With Philippians 4: 6-7 on my mind
When I saw a giant poster of Satan in their living room.
I stopped and studied it.
Satan was huge
And the poster was
Disturbing.
‘what the fuck?’ I said to myself.
‘what?’ she asked from behind me.
‘Nothing.’
And then I drove home
With the words from that old book
Pinballing between my ears.
CH 12/23/23
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