What Rough Beast | Poem for September 18, 2019

Chad Parenteau
Brett Kavanaugh Jesus Tanka

Set calendars for
Brett Kavanaugh Jesus’
next last supper.
Please partake in his body
while leaving his blood alone.

Chad Parenteau is the author of Patron Emeritus (FootHills Publishing, 2013). His work has appeared in Tell-Tale InklingsQueen Mob’s Tea HouseThe Skinny Poetry JournalIbbetson Street, and Wilderness House Literary Review. He serves as associate editor of Oddball Magazine. His second full-length collection, The Collapsed Bookshelf, is forthcoming.

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