HOMELESS GOD

In the land of opportunity and abundance

For unpaid debts
God was on the street
Houseless

He lived at that time in Division Street

And sometimes he slept in a Salvation Army home
Where he could bathe and eat and remove
Some of the bitter winter cold of Michigan

The days were spent from corner to corner

With his little sign

Help
I am a homeless
And all lives matter

While he froze his beard

And cast a vapor blessed by his holy mouth

One day he was found dead

In a seat of the Central Station
In Cherry with Grandville
We saw several stiff and cold
Without realizing that the universe was just about
To collapse at that moment
Forever and ever

Amen.

DIOS SIN CASA

En la tierra de las oportunidades y la abundancia

Por deudas impagas
Dios qued en la calle
Sin casa

Viva por aquel entonces en la calle Divisin

Y en ocasiones dorma
En una casa del Ejrcito de Salvacin
Donde poda baarse y comer
Y quitarse un poco el fro
Del crudo invierno de Michigan

Los das
Se los pasaba de esquina en esquina
Con su cartelito

Ayuda
Soy una persona sin casa
Y toda vida importa

Mientras se le congelaba la barba

Y echaba un bendito vapor por su boca santa

Un da
Apareci muerto
En una banca de la Estacin Central de buses
En Cherry con Grandville
Varios lo vimos
Tieso y fro
Sin darnos cuenta
Que el universo estaba a punto de colapsar
En ese instante
Por los siglos de los siglos
Amn.

1-19-16