you look like hell

last night (friday)

a man with bloodshot
eyes
who never smiled
or yelled
on the/
in the
streets told me he
was the son of God
the lion
of Judah
the author and
perfector of
everything

and he told me
if i ever accused him
of misreading or
altering the old
testament (which he
did) he would "reach down
my throat
and

tear out
my tongue"

and i was
honestly

a little terrified.