I handed him a bill.
“God bless,”
“God bless,”
he said, and I shouted, “God
bless,”
back as I wheeled
onto the overpass.
back as I wheeled
onto the overpass.
So which of us was
more hypocritical?
What did saying “God bless”
more hypocritical?
What did saying “God bless”
gain us? Mostly,
it just salved
an awkwardness, helped us evade
it just salved
an awkwardness, helped us evade
one another’s face,
while we invoked the will
of God to bless
while we invoked the will
of God to bless
our wide hand clasp,
reward our null
regard for one another with a border pass:
“God bless!”
reward our null
regard for one another with a border pass:
“God bless!”
