The Wings of the Hastily Assembled Angel

The hastily assembled angel flies With patchwork wings red patches and white patches And yellow patches blood and emptiness And sun and usually      an angel’s wings would Be made of  only one of  these      but his Were made at the last minute and were almost Not made at all and wouldn’t have been made Had Azrael not seen      in the hastily Assembled angel’s eyes as Azrael Placed his white palm on the hastily assembled Angel’s chest fear      as Azrael placed his palm there To shove him from the cloud      and saw he had No wings      and paused and thought      then pulled him back And so the angels stitched together what was Near      blood      emptiness      sun      as what was near Was Heaven      and what else would Heaven be