"it's an old sort of story:
a girl falls in love with a god.
ancient greeks are laughing.
the rocks off the coast of italy
are burning under their sun.

twenty-first century, try again:
a girl falls in love with god.
this means rosaries, churches
with stained glass windows,
hymns, bookmarks in her bible.

somewhere in the middle:
a girl falls in love with an angel.
wings tipped gold and prayers
in their blood-stained kisses.
even god is laughing now.
//

“did such a man as alexander exist? of course not.”