THREE CAN KEEP A SECRET IF TWO OF THEM ARE DEAD; SO LAY US IN A BOX AND PRAY GOD KEEPS HIS MOUTH SHUT

By Jo Jacoby

kiss me like the confession you can only give behind a curtain no prying eyes only praising hands dark walls holding this weekly service holy partnered worship knelt in devotion choir hymns hum love & we lay like lion and lamb sheltered in a cedar closet sinners performing saints upon leaving this sacred place no silver could free my tongue no Judas instead Peter repeat denier my lips cannot form words when they’re sealed with yours no sermon can spill from me lips locked with your tongue the only key

Art by YoTian Chu