September 2, 2018For Michael and Louis
Today I read a blog post by a famous man
defending another famous man’s temporarily paused career
and asking: At what point do we show some grace?
He lauded his search for redemption.
High church words, scrubbing at the squalor.
In high school, after I told the boy who assaulted me
that I wasn’t going to tell anyone, he thanked me;
he said I had such grace. This boy, who later became a youth pastor—
Grace. As if that spectacle on the cross was just
for us to save face.
from Poets Respond