The Second Epiphany

And having been warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they left for their own country by another road.

- Matthew 2:12

you got us out here

with your stellar trickery

we took rutted roads

stayed at one-star motels

only provisions were 
sangak wrapped in linen

we almost quit it

for the blisters and confusion

huddled under your supernova

and gave up our bounty

then we discovered

the other truth about

you who cajoles

and pilots and shines

you gave us

no star home

just a warning about

violence at the capital

so we chart our course

into a dicey frontier

orienteering with just

some small gospel

and the scent

of resin on our fingers