three answers

YES
NO
YOU'VE GOT TO BE
KIDDING

three Universal answers
to every question
the only ones
you can expect to hear
from God
to your prayer,
cast as spell
in the dark night
of your awakening

He spoke to me then
unembarrassed
not-explaining
just saying

YES,
NO means YES
and that last answer
the mystery of mysteries
the holy of holies
-- with allusion
to Jackie Gleason
and the deadpan straightman --
will always and ever denote
RELAX,
just try
to enjoy this