*loolaville _poetry    



Easter Sunday

Martha Stewart
is on television
at five o' clock in the morning
giving instructions
on baking ham.
And here I am,
in the front yard
making my decision.
The reasons to
leave it all behind
are nothing more than
maxed-out credit cards,
empty kitchens,
and the aftermath of a
Super-Christian
Exodus.

Two o'clock in the afternoon,
and I sit on the damp grass
of graves telling myself,
There are songs to be heard
and poems missing my words.
There are paintbrushes
waiting to feel color,
empty cassettes,
unsmoked cigarettes,
and the wonder of the whisper,
"Mother...?"
 


   
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