CONFESSION FROM 1967
by Ken Pobo
Pastor Landy’s voice
reminds me of wind sliding
through corn. I mumble sing—
when he says “Turn to page…”
I’m turning
to The Beatles. No Broadman
songwriters ever met Sgt. Pepper.
I sneak a hymnal away
from church, tear out
several hymns, set them
on fire, deeply breath in
the smell. Surely Landy
considers this a sin—
one that I’d commit again.
Kenneth Pobo (he/him) is the author of twenty-one chapbooks and nine full-length collections. Recent books include Bend of Quiet (Blue Light Press), Loplop in a Red City (Circling Rivers), Lilac And Sawdust (Meadowlark Press), Lavender Fire, Lavender Rose (BrickHouse Books), and Gold Bracelet in a Cave: Aunt Stokesia (Ethel Press).
Posted on August 8th 2023