Sunday School Teacher
Oh, Mother,
What whirlwind within you
made you twist off
Pepsi bottle tops
like you were tearing vice from youths?
What thrived in shadows in you,
yet shone and rose
each time you stole
a hymnal from a pew
and sang with so much force,
I swear I saw your tongue sprout
ghost-white wings and fly away?
What brush stroke could create you?
What camera photographed you
and made me a negative?
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 374 |
Words | 72 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 15 |
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