“Jesus was led up by the spirit <br />into the wilderness to be tempted.” <br /> Matthew 4: 1 <br /> <br />after 40 abstained days <br />I am famished but lucid <br /> <br />I am approached and offered <br /> <br />stone - <br />a loaf of perishable bread <br /> <br />resurrection - <br />self-betrayal <br /> <br />kingdom come - <br />nothing but numbered years <br /> <br /> <br />after 40 fasted days <br />I ascend incorruptible - yeast not - <br /> <br />ready toward the pin-hole of splendor<br /><br />Tim Gavin<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/temptation-17/
