Jesus-on-the-web

by Matthew Savoca

where is the tongue?
is written all over the house.

outside the house there are
six degrees of temperature
and there are two dogs
that are the same dog
living two lives
that are the same life.

there isn't really a house.
there is a man with a beard
and dust sandals
with velcro straps.

i think his sensibility will appeal to you.

his name is jesus-on-the-web
and his tombstone says
here lies one whose name was
writ in neon.

and somewhere in the middle of the blue blue atlantic
a dolphin is in great danger
picking two rare kinds of seaweed grass
while at home his wife prepares an altar.