Mary What You Doing Now

March 7, 2014 She patiently sits by the telephone Awaiting a ring from the one she adores It seems far too long since her husband's been gone She wonders if anyone's minding the store She flips on the switch in the darkened hall Walks quietly over the holes - back and forth Reports from her gun long ago were forestalled She wiped clean the deed by excising the source Mary what you doing now As Spring perfume inspires the air Rise up from your rocking chair It's so lovely in the South Mary, what you doing now Suspicion had mounted until they were caught There in the hallway, her sister with him Screaming, she shot five more times as they dropped On learning the truth, Mary ceased to exist Mary what you doing now Inside those honeysuckle prayers Ask forgiveness, you'll be spared Long forgotten when and how Mary, what you doing now His mother just died Your sister was kind A guiltless embrace Til you blew them away Mary what you doing now Have you no memories to share Must you always sit and stare Dead within and lost without Mary, what you doing now Say, Mary, what you doing now?