Holy Exposed

On reading about King David dancing madly before the Ark of the Covenant in 2 Samuel 6.12-20...

foot-stomping,
sweaty-browed,
robe-flying
sacrifice,

acrid smell
of roasted meat
hanging in the air,
banging drums

and shimmer sharp
of tambourines
pounding out
the rhythm as

the royal sandals
stir dust-devil
swirls of earth
that cling upon

the oily, salted,
flinging drench
of Yahweh’s
lover’s hair.