You said it softly, like a priest with a plan
That every slick puddle hides the shape of a man
I followed your echo through the sodium haze
Till my soles began whispering secret praise

The ground was breathing, or maybe just tired
My socks were soaked in something inspired

Of course you are unexpectedly loaded with gravy
Pourin’ down your ankles like a holy navy
Every step’s a sermon, every splash a prayer
You’re baptized in the broth and unaware

Drip… drip… salvation slips

I found your reflection in a pothole’s grin
It smiled with teeth made of gelatin sin
A car rolled past, slow and obscene
Playing gospel in a parking machine

The lights were trembling, pretending to care
While steam from your shoes rose into prayer

Of course you are unexpectedly loaded with gravy
You didn’t ask for this, but the street got wavy
The city’s tongue licked clean your fear
Now you walk like the Lord’s cashier

I saw your soul in a splash’s arc
Thick and brown, glowing in the dark
The storm applauded, the drains gave cheer
For the gravy saint finally here

A pulse in the puddle, a hum in the tar
I think you’ve gone where the condiments are

Of course you are unexpectedly loaded with gravy
Marinated heart, oh, tender and wavy
Each step a hymn to the sodium flood
White shoes reborn in the meat-god’s blood

Silence ladles the night

[BRIDGE]
Drains hum psalms in tongues of oil
Boot prints bloom in holy spoil
Even angels slip, they say
When heaven leaks on laundry day

Of Course You Are Unexpectedly Loaded With Gravy

Graduated from Corman Park College of Dental Numismatics in 1993, with a graduate degree in Experimental Post-Sludge.

mchorsebones@gmail.com

Of Course You Are Unexpectedly Loaded With Gravy

MC Horsebones