this devil

saddest gift to give away
gratification
desire
faithful lust
haughty simplicity
sweat and feast and dinner
today
a quiet mind 
full and sated bellies
pagan love
innocence from sin
from thought
laughter! at tomorrow
for what is he but More:
a plump ghost
blind love
surely even the sin-counting god
rejoices in us
this is the devil I flee? 
—Joy?