salt of the earth, redux

When the

Salt-of-

the-Earth

became

the Salt

-in-the

-Wound, you

suffered

for it.

Sudden

-ly you

can't sing

or stand

to sit

with the

people

without

the fear

that the

(that is,

pastors)

would speak

with you

on your

illness

without

adding

to the

inflam-

mation.

You had

a nice

illness,

tasteful,

father-

and-son-

troubles

all laced

up with

biting

lack of

the God-

who-is-

with-Us.

I was

a tired,

easy,

SICK SICK

target.