Tell Me How to Get

God is great
God is good
And we thank God
For the ‘hood

Does anyone
Pray like that
Except behind
Some gates
And an association

Does anyone think
This is as good
As where
Big Bird lives
And even the garbage cans
Are fit
For a Muppet

Do we like our blocks
Or do we wait
For the next thing
The bad
Horrible thing
To happen

I’d like to sit upon the steps
Of concrete
Maybe warmed
By the way
To watch
You know
The world go by
And have it stop in parts
As people
Who stop to talk with me
Because we know each other some
And it’s
A pleasant moment
Offering another string
To tie up together
Silkenly
Our block
The most delightful web
Maybe like the God’s-eye
That they make
Out West

Brief togetherness
And then move on
And eventually
I’ll trek inside
To supper
With the ending light
Passing through the plants
Set near the windowsill

C L Couch


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