The Hopeless Case

A mother left crying alone in her pew Begging the Lord for a miracle new … The only thing he was good at was being bad Bus stations train stations corn maidens in drag He came and he went with the most discordant rhyme His sins left uncounted but marking the time In Akron Ohio his grifting unwrapped Those roads in New Mexico calling him back The lights and the sirens again on their way His thumb in the wind — Saint Jude in dismay (The Breezeway: January, 2024)