I had worshipped at the feet 
and cried on the breast, penitent,
of those
I thought gods
Baker, Lloyd, Shasta, Hood, Rainier,
Whitney, White and all those of Estes,
Teton and the Sangre de Christo
But now that faith is shaken
by the One with a name like a great
circus magician
Mighty Denali

how easily the random heart is deceived
by lesser gods

  New Years Eve 2001