The Body Keeps a Gospel

The preacher said—
One day we’ll all be together again…”

and the women in the second pew
held each other
like shipwreck survivors
clinging to wet lumber.

But I been reading the Book at 3 AM
with burnt coffee breath
and thunder sitting low in my chest
like bad weather,

and I can’t find many promises
about family reunions in paradise.

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