If you believe in me

I’ll perform miracles, lewd acts of nature,

ripple the waters

and make the Earth wind round in smooth rhyme.

If you believe in me,

I’ll buy you a sandwich

unveil my face, untie the lace

and reveal the secret word

that admits you to the party.

If you believe in me,

I’ll wear your crown,

I won’t let you down,

you’ll get your money’s worth,

unless you expect nonsense and phony penance, for instance.

If you believe in me

I’ll invite you to the water, salty to the tongue

it’s warm and I’ve been waiting.

If you believe in me,

What’s so weird about that?

So what if they can’t see

we are blind most of us, mainly

but sometimes, plainly

there is a crack in the floor of heaven.

If you believe in me

I’ll turn back time

make it speed ahead

or suspend its existence altogether.

If you believe in me

I’ll reinvent the wheel

make you cry where you never feel

make all things new under the sun

then I’ll wash away your tears.

If you believe in me

I’ll call off the revolution

close the mines

settle all bets

bury the hatchet

take off the black dress

and make a pilgrimage to your holy lands.

If you believe in me

I'll part the red sea

the 2^nd sun will come out

the naked moon will rise over the stones as predicted

and the villagers will reveal themselves.

How do I know this?

When I used to know bandits, bullet dreamers, idle threats...

How can I be sure?

Because your face made me see it.

Because you saw before they could,

and past the daytime,

shine a billion stars.

(clb 10/22/10)