swimming in holy water

i've had a lot of bad

thoughts

lately

about a lot of people

and what's

going on in

the news, so

i fill

up my little pool

in the back

yard

with holy water.

i've connected about seventeen

hoses

up the sidewalk

and through 

the parking lot of the church

then to

the nozzle

in the wall

where Father Pete

controls

the flow.

it takes about an hour

to fill,

i text him when it's done,

but he's

not amused.