TWO OF SEREDA'S

At the memorial service for King Phillip II
We Sevillian magistrates took the best seats
And refused to vacate them even when
The Grand Inquisitor himself declared us
Excomunicate. It is sad to have lost Heaven
But we are the sons of Pride and therefore
Must honor and obey so wonderful a sire.

Late at night Jerome's lion
Visits the library on Sixth Avenue
Standing hours on the sidewalk
Leaving when Patience, the lion to the left
Of the entrance, shakes his head slightly.
 Later, Fortitude will mutter
"Why not just ask him what he wants?"

IN LOVE WITH THE PRODUCTIONS OF TIME

Eternity is in love with the productions of Time

Which is sad, really since they – giddy Truth,

Slippery Patience, and the rest of that sorority --

Wouldn’t spit on him if he were on fire.

“Dude,” God says to him in the cafeteria

As they wait on line, “get over yourself –

She’s just not that into you.” (Eternity

Cannot comprehend why God speaks

In outdated cliches, nor why the two of them

Are still in high school.) “Who’s not into me?”

“All of them.” That God is Eternity’s only friend

Does not always mean they like each other.