working two

by Thomas M. McDade

Poached eggs on wheat

Please Britt and hot

Take your time dear

Pregnant and tattooed

Apron full of bucks

Some think G-string

Fetus training in her gyre

Music, yells and cheers

Never jolting mom awake

Never shaken or bruised

Immune to aircraft noise

Imagine men’s ovations

At belly button popping

A lone home goldfish

Is fading so paint tulips

On nails to brighten

The atmosphere

Paling blue eyes also

To match new paisley ink

Christ, I remember

The confessional box

Too tight for you

Saturday Benediction

Hymn you loved Holy

God We Praise Thy Name

Cherubs flash on

Federal Housing bricks

Fuzz choppers searching

Their lights responsible

Some call them guiding

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BIO: Thomas M. McDade is a 79 year old resident of Fredericksburg, VA, formerly CT and RI. He is a graduate of Fairfield University. McDade is twice a U.S. Navy Veteran serving ashore at the Fleet Anti-Air Warfare Training Center, Dam Neck Virginia Beach, VA and aboard the USS Mullinnix (DD-944) and USS Miller (DE / FF-1091). His fiction has most recently appeared in The Paradox Literary Magazine.