Showing posts with label Birthdays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Birthdays. Show all posts

Thursday, August 4, 2016

WHAT THE MINISTER DID NOT SAY

(for Elizabeth)


she left home at thirteen she lived with a man old
enough to be her father she was a mother at four-
teen she washed clothes in a tub she liked Elvis
she smoked she worried about her thin hair she
ate a lot of macaroni and cheese she had trouble
sleeping she set traps for the mice she played
cards she was fond of people and animals she
owned a used typewriter she had few friends she
dreamed of a better life she died young

Poem © 2013 by Dylan Mitchell

Friday, April 8, 2016