It Was
a story
I heard
many times
both from
Sherrie and
from Dottie
her mom
how one time
in a department store
Dottie was
really wanting
this beautiful
oak cabinet
but told her
kids she wanted
but did not
need it
when Sherrie
says mom
we have
all the things
we need
but none
of the things
we want
so Dottie
bought it
with the
child support
check they
only sometimes
got in
the mail
Sherrie died
about ten
years later
of an
overdose
proof that
she was
always more
interested
in what
she wanted
than what
she needed
and Dottie
died at 80
of old age
and a
broken heart
I don’t know
which of
her kids
got that
cabinet when
they cleaned
out her house.
Today is all
about the
grinding gears
the rattle
and hum
the icy
wind across
my windshield
as I
drive too
fast towards
a job
I really
don’t want
to go
to
at all.
I want you to
Hang me
in the
Tulsa County
stars sing
me lovely
lady May
I want
you to
hold me
like the
baby Jesus
in the
painting of
the 3
handed Madonna
I want
you to
make me
a pallet
on your
floor cry
me a river
love me
like a
blues song
drive me
like you
stole me
out of
a banker’s
four car
garage.
Matthew Borczon is a nurse and Navy Corpsman from Erie Pa. He served in the busiest combat hospital in Afghanistan from 2010-2011; he writes about his experiences on Camp Bastion and about the difficulties he has had since coming home.
