Eros Apteros

After reading Eros Apteros, i think he was writing about his christian beliefs and also his conflict with his sexuality. We were told in class that Timothy believed in christianity and belonged to the mormon church. Many people don't believe homosexuality is congruent with mormonism. A line that stood out to me in liu's poem was "its mutilated testicles." Perhaps he is referring to his conflict with his sexual desires? He talks about how the oil and sweat on his hands continue to hurt this body beyond feeling. I think he is talking about how his sins caused christ to suffer. He makes reference to the time when christ lived saying "winding back two thousand years."In the poem there are also other references to christian beliefs such as "such guilt" and "I've come to be healed."