Michele Worthington

When I got out of the military

 they dropped me off on the wrong side

        of the Mississippi

so, I didn’t have my people when

I needed money

I turned to thievery at Christmas

when trees and mannequins wear jewelry surplus

and religion is left naked in nativities

I acquired some gifts for my self

since I had a deficiency of invitations

but I didn’t figure that they would put

a GPS on the baby Jesus

illegitimacy had

happened before and Holiday

God was not going to be played

Now I am a believer in re enlisting

but have to wait to get baptized

till after parole because

you can’t get saved in the river

with an ankle bracelet on.