I had seen and heard
it all
with three older sisters
every seven days
a mini Armageddon
mom, dressed in her best
riding shotgun
those sunday morning drives
the half dozen blocks from
home to church
the shrieks and wails
the gnashing of teeth
the thanking God we were
finally in the parking lot
Wanda Morrow Clevenger lives in Hettick, IL. Over 500 pieces of her work appear in 163 print and electronic journals and anthologies. The first of a 5-volume chapbook series young and unadorned – where the hogs ate the cabbage (Volume 1) is available through Writing Knights Press. If you would like to check it out, click here.
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