Add a Large Fry, Please
Eat a twenty-piece
then get some sleep.
United States of America,
where we shoot
hoops first then ask questions later.
Where we heal our wounds
and try to resurrect innocent
victims with thoughts and prayers.
Pulpits with broken stairs,
his gates won’t repair.
“Oh Lord, stop the chaos,”
as we reach into our wallets,
tithing to try to pay him off.
Offering all we’ve got
between a virus and a shot
I hate to question what’s left.
I’m right, there’s not.
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Modern take home meal of words and insights.
First of your poems I have read second cousin Jordan Tucker Swift. This one suggests read on!
Ordering your book now Aunt Ann texted cover so glad to find another family member who shares an interest in literature.
Cousin Phoebe Athey
Grandmother & Grandaddy Bowman’s Sunday after Island Baptist Church
Black & White tv fuzzy baseball men watching
Women in the kitchen doing dishes
Me hiding in the attic among Aunt Carma & Aunt Ann’s tulle netting prom dresses reading a library book about kings & queens