sunday premiere…

copyright cwmartin 2012

aunt bea
wasn’t
a church going woman
she was
confident in her faith
she would say
i don’t need
some old pastor
to tell me
what
when
and how
to believe
it is
what it is
and
it ain’t gonna change
so
imagine
my surprise
when
she asked me
to drive
her to church
though
none of my business
i did ask
why
she said
there’s a new young preacher
and
all the old ladies
and
their unwed daughters
will be out in force
all carrying their bibles
like cinderella’s shoe
and
that’s a show
i don’t  want
to miss

none of my business…

Image by Malia Autio

well
now you know
i’m not one to talk
and lord knows
i cannot tolerate
people who run around
spreading stories
but
may lee
the woman who does my nails
said her cousin
who works with her
was having a hissy fit
about how hard it was
to get into the daughters of
of the revo
was it the french revolution
or the german revolution
i just can’t remember right now
but i’ll recall it in a minute
so there they were at the gym
naked as a bluejay in the sauna
and her cousin says
she had eye surgery
no not lazec
plastic surgery
so she wouldn’t have those
chinese eyes
as she calls them
well then she says
she found these old documents
in the attic of the house
that proved her great great great grandfather
had fought for the winning side
of some war somewhere
so she got to be
ah
oh yes
now i recall
one of the daughters of the
illusion of success