Suppose every person is,
As some have said,
A gesture of God.
"Gesture" shares a root
With geste or deed
As in "The Gestes
Of Sir Lancelot du Lac,"
And also with jest.
We are the motions of God
We are the deeds of God
We are the jokes God tells
In the Platonic ideal
Of a smoky club
With no cover but
A two drink minimum.
Some nights the audience
Sits on its hands.
Some nights, though,
God absolutely kills.
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