The Party Favors In The Offering Plate Seem Out Of Place

the party favors in the offering plate seem out of place

I am out of place I hear God sigh and the stained glass

shines in a different way

I'll meet you outside I say to Him as I go in

and then I do and Sunday begins.

the bacon and eggs afterwards the

grape jelly like a jewel on the plate

broken up into smaller jewels

spread on the buttered toast

garnets I thought after I learned that word.

and now in the tiny rose garden Outside

no petals fall and it is afternoon and

now there is no school my favorite dream,

only the roses

mary angela douglas 19 february 2015