Articles/Essays – Volume 31, No. 1

Mormontage

baptism— 
separation anxiety 
immergency 

ex-marine, 
deacons quorum advisor— 
synchronized right-face 

home from the temple 
regal robes left behind— 
shabby disguise 

missionary 
coming home to changed faces
with familiar names 

on my knees 
waiting for revelation— 
dreamless sleep, instead 

wrinkled linen, 
discarded napkin 
and shroud 

ensignosis