From Isaiah 4

by Karsten Piper 
  
The world. Dust,
Bleeding arguments,
Shit.

       But, Love,
We do not. Are not.
Long for it.

	The Lord,
Himself, who else, must bathe,
shade, shield these girls.

Escaped. Surviving
To a whole, more comely
World.


© 2009 by Karsten Piper. All rights reserved.
Karsten Piper lives in Fulda, MN, where he and his family have started Jumble, a brand-new thrift store. He blogs the store, the stuff, and the stories at jumblethrift.com.