VETERAN’S DAY, 2024
Walk the neighborhood, wave
hello to kids on bicycles, catch
a basketball from two boys
shooting hoops in the street.
The taller one mad at me
for months after I told his
Dad how he drove his go-cart
in the street. Walking
with hearing aids, listening
to a lectture about Bonhoeffer.
He was so young in 1933.
1934. 27 when he wrote
Cost of Discipleship--
Jimi’s age. Janis’ too.*
Taking notes on a church
bulletin stuck in my pocket.
Writing over Mark’s gospel:
Beware of scribes
who like to walk around
in robes. My people implode
after the election
six days ago. I didn’t even
know what day it was.
Ones come back
come back different.
Returning, Karen’s
curled up on couch
with a blanket. Immigrants
day and night
with other thoughts.
Jim Bodeen
11 November 2024
*Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin
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