--------------/Two Kings @ 2 a.m.
Last night while on my laptop seeking Porn,
that great deluge of masochistic passion, in my eyes’ periphery
two men on the pinnacle of the temple of integrity fighting-
and no, this wasn’t a pop-up ad-
in the holy city Jerusalem, birthplace of pure intention
tense debating raged
on matters of principle rather than illicit sex to my shame,
one man smirking his nemesis aghast in the wilderness of testing.
Beholden to the drama of this vast landscape
of briars and morality thorn-ed, wild beasts of fantastical debauchery
dialectic of guilt and anonymity, I stalled
at http://www... momentarily forsaking bare breasts.
The tempter hooded horned and ornery…so cruel
exuded cynicism, deceit; brazen heckling for his foe
with taunts goading
“bend over backwards, cede an allowance for Tony
turn his stones of perseverance to self-indulgent masturbatory bread,
on a wager.”
His cooper crown tilted, he would abdicate the throne
kingdoms of immediate pleasure and joy requited for my fall:
a broken marriage, discourteous views of women, a soul corroded
(yet ultimately forgiven protected by angels of sexual expression
who will bear those up who don’t deny their eyes; take pills
the morning after)
if only the other bent his knee arms raised in worship of my idolatry
and me forever addicted and incomplete
wicked adulation and praise for a hedonistic king.
The Savior, propitiatory protagonist, on his head
a golden crown set proper
stood indignantly opposed with an inspiringly stern gaze.
Earnest, even effulgent, throughout the entire ordeal
suffused with calm, for a better and more virtuous way insisting
on my true happiness not counterfeit orgasms. He retorted
“holiness is bread enough for Tony
dough of restraint, yeast of internet content filtering” while
condemning putting upper limits of human sexuality to the test
suggesting instead a warm embrace from a contented wife
holding in his hand a scepter of purity and abstinence a totem
to lasting peace.
The dignity of women, realization of my true manhood
hanging in the balance between two men with crowns,
two kings of fate
battling for limited space, position as they await my decision
at 2 a.m. in the morning
------------Matthew 4:1-11
Then Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he was hungry. And the tempter coming said to him: If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. Who answered and said: It is written, Not in bread alone doth man live, but in every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God. Then the devil took him up into the holy city, and set him upon the pinnacle of the temple, And said to him: If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down, for it is written: That he hath given his angels charge over thee, and in their hands shall they bear thee up, lest perhaps thou dash thy foot against a stone. Jesus said to him: It is written again: Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. Again the devil took him up into a very high mountain, and shewed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them, And said to him: All these will I give thee, if falling down thou wilt adore me. Then Jesus saith to him: Begone, Satan: for it is written, The Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and him only shalt thou serve. Then the devil left him; and behold angels came and ministered to him.
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