Devil in My Britches

What would be the symbol

for the God I worship?
Maybe a timbrel?—

surely not a thimble,
but it will need stitches.
What would be the symbol

for a desecrated temple?
Worn-out lips?
A ringing bell

summoning to the roll-call?
My britches
the right symbol

because of their rambling
ways, walking through hell-
fire; carrying

certain simples—
marigold, mountain-bluebell—
to brew a potion
to deploy the devil.