A Letter to My Dead Grandmother
Posted: April 18th, 2005, 3:12 am
Remember how you told me
that Saturday afternoon
in front of the television -
the glare of the sweaty pastor
watching us -
you loved Jesus
and he saved one of your breasts.
I think it was the left.
Yeah it was sunny out
but wasn’t an important detail
because your house smelled
like roast beef
cooked well done
and you had just told me
I would burn in hell
as you wrote a cheque
made out to God.
that Saturday afternoon
in front of the television -
the glare of the sweaty pastor
watching us -
you loved Jesus
and he saved one of your breasts.
I think it was the left.
Yeah it was sunny out
but wasn’t an important detail
because your house smelled
like roast beef
cooked well done
and you had just told me
I would burn in hell
as you wrote a cheque
made out to God.