Sam Silva

Quick Mart Evangelicals 

As born again mercy day by day

witnessing to Jude the Insane,

We say "Despair, not depression, attacks the brain,"

squeezes the brain through cheesecloth

...a moral residue of despair, this rain,

these rainy times

and this weepy war.

"Terrorists attack the flag!"

But it all just seems like a head cold. Sneezes

fill the paper bag.

Tissues wipe away the pain.

She says "But money can cause a real depression;

Think about that

for a minute, Jack."

Yeah "The sausage was fat

with a full six pack

at Sunday night's convenience store."

Now everything is as skinny as Jeezes

and we pray all night

for a tall delight

"and we spend like a bum

and feel like a whore"

Sam Silva © 2008