"Ghazal for God's Ass" By Brionne Janae
Ghazal for God’s Ass
trying to get to heaven? stick your tongue up god’s ass know you full of shit? fuck off and kiss god’s ass if we made in his image then he made in ours hallelujah praise god for that fat ass has he been good to you? did he wake you up this morning? get on your feet lift your hands go on rub god's ass sometimes you have to run down your blessing knees to your chest now speed up and catch god's ass true its not always easy and lord knows he don’t listen and it gets hard not to beat god's ass i ain't never met an ass that don’t stink and that includes god's ass you wanna be the little spoon or you wanna walk in his favor? be smart curl your body and make a seat for god’s ass Breezy don’t deny him stop fronting and tell the world how much you love god's ass
Brionne Janae is a poet and teaching artist living in Brooklyn with their two dogs. They are the author of Because You Were Mine (2023) which was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Poetry, Blessed are the Peacemakers (2021) which won the 2020 Cave Canem Northwestern University Press Poetry Prize, and After Jubilee (2017). Brionne is a 2023 NEA Creative Writing Fellow, a Hedgebrook Alum and a proud Cave Canem Fellow.