Kaley Hutter

YEs

…And we will come to him and make our home with him.

~ John 14:23 ~

Some days God is a house guest

   I sweep the kitchen for.

Man shall not see

   me and live.   But I am

instructed for beholding,

   supposedly,   one thing I ask,

to gaze   through

   some gossamer, moth-

eaten veil.   Close the door

   to the back room,   lay out prostrate

the porcelain plates.   What is the house

   you would build   In the kitchen,

for me?   my roommate

   unloads the dishwasher take this

and places my   cup   on the shelf

   beside hers.   I intercept

the sun   from

   me   with wafer

eyelids.   When the Son

   of Man claimed to be

a homemaker, did he intend

   to wash the windows?

Kaley Hutter is a poet and theatre maker from Charlottesville, Virginia. Her work has previously appeared in LAMP and Riverview Artspace’s Beat Burg project. She teaches college composition, paces when she reads, and searches for divine signals hidden in everyday encounters. You can find her spoken word on Instagram @notiwhospeak.