We Kept the Coat As a Reminder

We Kept the Coat as a Reminder She was gloriously nondescript Her eyes glazed over with a crusty face Pink eye? We asked each other None of us knowing We are not doctors She had a headache But no one knew We could not have guessed And we did not care Recognizing this, she kept silent. We let her into our Sunday School Class. Her coat was smelly, mothy, old and ragged. Two women ran to get their coats before hers met the rack. I thought they were rude. No. I knew they were rude. They have been rude a long time. Two prudes. Two rude sister prudes. The stranger stayed the whole time. She did not look over at the two prudes. Not one time. She left being as nondescript as she came in. We never saw her again; but she left her awful coat. We keep it as a reminder to try to be nicer next time. In case she was Jesus in disguise.