Say Hallelujah

way back

in Bible Class

circa 1998

we liked to play games

and tempt fate

tear off pieces of The Word

to pass pieces of words

back and forth

I heard you singin to me

about your father and your brother

and your firm belief

that I could make one heart mine

if I tried

girl

we had plans

we was gonna take a bus

out west

say hallellujah and goodbye

all in one sentence

let the dust settle

on all the bullshit

say amen

to no longer being spoonfed

fuck these motherfuckers

drive a girl to death

what was Denise thinkin

when she took her last breath

how could I

how could you

and what is the definition

of a small town small mind

condition

medical

hypothetical

I think we did what we could

to be understood

and we're still tryin

to underline the bottom line

exist in pieces

between these little parts

of the human thesis

I hear you now

circa 2009

sayin you still write words

but you dont want them out there

like that

well I'm callin you out

girl

just like

this

right now

I wanna hear the whole damn truth

and nothin but the truth

just like

we used to do.

December 10, 2009 AKW