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poetry by j matthew waters

singing to the choir

press your ear
against the wall of shame
and tell me what you hear

father stopped
taking confessions at noon
so if you want to lighten
your load yet today
you’ll have to wait until
the wine has been blessed

in the courtyard
there is much chatter
in the fruit trees
but they’d be happy to
stop and listen
if you have something to say

a three legged cat
guards the perimeter
with quiet enthusiasm
while headless squirrels
and widowed cardinals
come and go at their leisure

may two thousand nineteen
copyright j matthew waters
all rights reserved

Posted in Animals, Poetry and tagged poem, Poetry

7 thoughts on “singing to the choir”

emergingfromthedarknight on May 4, 2019 at 5:53 am said:

Really delightful. I love the three legged cat 🙂

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- j matthew waters on May 4, 2019 at 8:06 am said:
  
  Thanks so very much!
  
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jmbhatt on May 4, 2019 at 10:10 am said:

Repertoire of unsinned confession….

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- j matthew waters on May 4, 2019 at 2:24 pm said:
  
  Thanks for visiting and commenting on this one!
  
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Jonathan Roman on May 4, 2019 at 11:15 am said:

I’m partial to headless squirrels and widowed cardinals.

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- j matthew waters on May 4, 2019 at 2:25 pm said:
  
  Haha very few are!
  
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