This cup of blessing
that we bless
blesses with kisses
of styrofoam –
the lipstick red
mark of sacrament.
Liturgies of
dressed down
and very appropriate
fellowship times
with blessings
of styrofoam and
donuts and
pleasantries.
As the madman
without screams
obscenities and
hurls himself
against the newly
washed windows
and the madman
within rattles
the bars and
paces the floor
as he throws
his bloodied body
against cement
and steel.
We sit
all the while
pleasantly with styrofoam
and donuts
and cast lots
for the madman’s
clothes.