Aurora Magazine 2011

Church Service Sierra Shepard, Commuter 2013

Smell of old wood. Sound of hymns Being sung by Just forty voices.

Taste of home-made communion bread Dunked in room-temperature grape juice. Itchy ruffles of my crinoline slip Scratch my legs— Don’t complain.

Keep my head bowed low, Listen to the people pray And laugh When Preacher makes A hell of a joke. Try to keep my eye Off the time. Watch a spider climb The back of the pew in front. Don’t seem impatient.

Chapel , Kimberly Tabor, WED 2011

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