All Rise

To pray with us
at the
Back Porch Church,
All you have to do
is
Laugh.
And to worship,
we sing-
it’s a choir full of
Classic Rock.
You will blend right in.
The only difference is
We are the one
giving the message to
God.
Our feet beating
a tattoo
of
love love love
into pine needles,
our hands passing fire
like an offering plate
and our mouths,
scented with coffee cream,
our tongues tired
from tasting
The Knowing,
Say this
in [...]

Nebraska

These two old men
and I
were walking to church
with a Sunday breeze
on a broken sidewalk
in sunshine and polyester
discussing bees and
purple cars
and I felt God
WAY
before we ever got to the building.