The Milkman

 

Spring sometimes brings

Back thoughts of things once

Thought long forgotten,

Like the milkman

In that small prairie town,

A gangly fellow with

Big feet and large hands,

Everyone looked knowingly

At one another when he

Passed or drifted into

 Conversations,

He used to have dinner

At a friend’s house,

His mom was a widow,

He was always adamant

It was all to do with church,

That’s when we began to

Realize that there was more

To spirituality than hard wooden

Benches, long boring sermons, and

What seemed like a waste of sunshine

Hours memorizing long verses that

Contradicted what was happening

In that small prairie town.

 

Stephen Nesbitt ©

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