I asked God if it was okay to be melodramatic and she said yes I asked her if it was okay to be short and she said it sure is I asked her if I could wear nail polish or not wear nail polish and she said honey she calls me that sometimes she said you can do just exactly what you want to Thanks God I said And is it even okay if I don't paragraph my letters Sweetcakes God said who knows where she picked that up what I'm telling you is Yes Yes Yes "God Says Yes To Me" by Kaylin Haught, from The Palm of Your Hand. |
Love it - reminds me of a book by another author: In the Palm of my Hand.
ReplyDeletePS - The hands are so graceful - are they yours?
ReplyDeleteI utterly adore that poem, and the idea of God with a Texas updo and the word "sweetcakes" in His/Her/Its? mouth.
ReplyDeleteLove this poem too!
ReplyDeleteCorrection - the novel is: "Floating in my Mother's Palm" by Ursula Hegi.
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