Sin's Body

By Richard Mather

There is in me

a Body of Sin:

Sin its own heart

and lungs,

brain-blood-bones-

teeth-tongue;

a crown of vice

adorns the head;

channels and ducts

convey lust

to the secret parts;

and the juicy

marrow gives much

succulence to Sin.

Secreting

sweat and bile,

Sin does

its vile work.

Possessed, inhabited,

I am Sin.