I wrote the following poem and took the photos while on a train ride back to Montreal from NY yesterday:
Someday I want a mother Mary bathtub shrine in my backyard
Prevailing against all the evil in the world
Outstretched palms adorned with fluorescent flowers
Astride submissive sheep
Someday I want to play bingo with full absorption
With the socially analytical part of me suspended on a coat hook by the entrance of the hall
Knowing that it is such a broken and ugly coat it will never be stolen
Someday I will wear a dance suit adorned in glitter
With some sequins missing
The wrinkles of face magnified by foundation
Someday a revolution will rise
So that ghost town America will emerge from submission and reclaim the ground it parades in current silence- dangling flags, lint covered band pants,
Paint peeling signs
Someday, oh glory, someday.
