JOHN HORVATH Jr
REVEREND TERREBONNE PREACHES TO THE DEAF AND DUMB OF GRUNDY COUNTY
Bought hisself a brand new doublewide painted
white as angel feathers and a red cross atop so's
whomsoever might could descend to make Judgment
would know foursquare whereabout to find him an'
His. With purple sateen sheets--them slick 'uns--
He hung it all inside. And he called it Everyones
Tabernacle of Jesus ain't no Christ, ain't God, but
God's in your own self by your own soul its own
Salvation on this Earth. Briefly, they was called
The "Good-n-Earthy" after Terrebonne hisself.
Then late one Saturday whilst he sat watchin'
His favorite televised save-your-soul 19.95 Bible-n-
Salvation salesman he got taken with a little lady in
The corner o' the tube with her fingers just a blurrin'
In the name of the Lord.
Terrebonne got inspiration;
Sent off for a booklet on how to sign
Your way pass heaven's pearly gates;
Then commenced t' study the Gospel 'cording
To St. Peter's fingers til he become THE
Deaf-mute preacher of the Deep South
With his stubby little hands just Am-
Slammin away "are ye washed in the blood
Of the lamb?" and "we'll all sing hymn
Number three-sixteen." Brother Terrebonne
Happy as a sow in summer mud collectin'
donations every Sunday service, every
Wednesday evenin' fellowship, same
each and every Bingo chapter and verse
'cording to the Testament Friday night
with the Good-n-Earthy ladies' auxiliary
(not to mention his special Rosie's Bar
trip to save the lost from drink Tuesday-
Thursday regular at the crossroads town
past the town just down the way
where he took off his collar--Terrebonne
careful not to offend by a man of the cloth
drinkin' sinners under the table for their good).
The Lord works in mysterious ways--
or so Reverend Terrebonne would say
in his own peculiar fingered way.
from Reverend Terrebonne Walker: A Dozen Southern Fired Poems Murfreesboro TN Artvilla Records 2002 and published in Mind Fire
poetryrepairs #209 15,02:022
HAL SIROWITZ
Gifts
Father said it was better
to give than to receive,
which is why he liked
to buy presents for himself,
because then he was giving
and receiving at the same time.
If we gave him a shirt for Father’s Day,
he would look first for the pockets
for in his definition of a shirt it had
to have one or it had as much social
purpose as a pajama top –
only to be worn in the house.
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JAN OSCAR HANSON
A Wife Not Mine
My brother the warrior, died on a distant battlefield.
His wife sleeps in the garden tonight on a blanket by
the pond, she's my woman now. Gave herself to me
but for her heart and a memory that can't be erased,
when nature's war thundered overhead. In moonlight
she's a statue of ebony with a Janus' mask of hidden
longings. She dreams, smiles a beam from a heart full
of love for her warrior's shadow, as clouds drift passed
the moon. Awakes when the fiend, in the nursery cries.
I have seen those eyes before and know that my brother
will never die.
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