Saturday, January 23, 2010

patron saint of the pathetic

Pressing my lips together

I wait.

Count the minutes down

but they never turn to hours

they stand still.


If patience is a virtue

then I must be the holiest woman around,

patron saint of the pathetic,

our lady of the long hours.


I call on the only God I know-

circumstance, happenstance, chance.

He only listens to

certain prayers and doles out

fickle blessings.

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