Help Me Somebody

When you knock, ask to see God – none of the servants. - Thoreau

night is diffident and day gawdy

you can save the soul but not the body

i'm drowning

help me somebody

toss me a bible, some rosary beads or a life preserver

make me a hot toddy

make me return all the oil i ever took from a saudi

knock me down a peg, or two, or three

then, maybe, i won't need to be so high and mighty or act so haughty

Author's Note

"There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." - Thoreau