Poor Prince Ionathan
“and wept with one another, until David exceeded”
— I Sam. 20:41
The frail leaf pages open to my touch;
Another century opens to my eye.
I wish the sentiments were just as much
In favor now as they were then. The lie
That Christian Friendshippe existed, was intense,
That Ionathan & Dauid were the best
Examples of it seemed to make some sense
In 1586. The margins dressed
In little Bible references are right
For Daneau’s purposes, but are they true
To manly nature in its modern plight,
For Christian man, Hindu, Muslim, Jew?
How did Ionathan make Dauid exceed?
Can Love exist for those do no not breed?