the unknown saint

after eating

three, maybe four rubbery

pieces of calamari

gaskets

on a plate of orange sauce

i hold

my stomach

and begin to pray to

the saint

of gastronomical  issues.

Jimmy of Nazareth, 

a sous chef during

biblical times, and

a lesser known

member of early

Christians. he's

rarely mentioned in 

the Bible, but was always

on hand

when the apostles

were eating

raw fish and oysters

from the sea of Galilee.