Contagious Wellness

Christ got
too close

to God.
Christ caught a

contagious
wellness.

He walked and
walked

so his
feet pained

him, from
sand-scratched

skin, to
bone.

He walked
through seas

of thronging
bodies

and the
constant

clamor: please
touch me,

or if
you won’t

touch
me, please

let
me get

close.