Episode 12: Once Around the Universe

(Immersive Verse series)

Vs

I stumbled on her (literally), a heap

One night in the gutter of the street.

She’s just an old hag wearing about 50 lbs. of rags

They gather to her like coral to the reef.

Br

Well I helped her to her feet.

Her breath assaulted me,

As she began to exclaim

In her way, indiscreet...

Ch

“I’ve been around the universe!

‘One time around the universe,’ He said,

‘To get you used to the place.

All this is yours now, My child.

The last shall be first now,’ He smiled,

“And in a split instant I knew it all.

Aweigh, away around the universe.

I find a home now in His face!”

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