Chad Parenteau
Louis C.K. Jesus
Louis C.K. Jesus
looks at two Marys
and wonders which will let him
drop his pants.
Louis C.K. Jesus
asks which one’s the virgin
and which one’s the whore?
Louis C.K. Jesus
takes confession in moderation.
Louis C.K. Jesus
asks for consent before
he jumps on the cross.
Louis C.K. Jesus
keeps dying for his own sins.
Louis C.K. Jesus
saves his stigmata
for a fingerfuck joke.
Louis C.K. Jesus
hates welcoming children.
Louis C.K. Jesus
will only welcome children
when they can go to his next gig.
Louis C.K. Jesus
rises too soon to resume his work.
Louis C.K. Jesus
needs another ten months
for his new sermon to take shape.
Chad Parenteau is the author of Patron Emeritus (FootHills Publishing, 2013). His work has appeared in Tell-Tale Inklings, Queen Mob’s Tea House, The Skinny Poetry Journal, Ibbetson Street, and Wilderness House Literary Review. He serves as associate editor of the online journal Oddball Magazine. His second full-length collection, The Collapsed Bookshelf, is forthcoming.
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