Wednesday, November 4, 2015

PAD 4 Once Upon A

Not a Fairy Tale

Once upon a time
a girl kissed her boyfriend
goodbye in Pennsylvania,
boarded a plane for the first time
and flew to Wyoming to visit
her sister for the summer.

She looked up churches
in the yellow pages and found
one with a youth pastor.
It must have youth.
So she went to First Baptist.
A guest choir sang that night.

As the music played, she noticed
one long-haired dude in the audience
clapping along with enthusiasm.
He was the only one,
in the hundreds of people
who clapped.

They worked in children’s ministry
and fell in love over the summer.
When she went back to Pennsylvania,
she dreamed of her two loves side by side.
She chose the Wyomingite.
She broke up with her boyfriend.

She dated the western dude
long distance two years,
until they finally got married.
And they lived
happily ever after.
Well, close enough.

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