Nuns
God bless them
Really
Despite the barrage
of
brutal
beatings
with 16 penny-nail
spiked 2X4’s
Still I have a deeeeep
affection
Though
They would tell
you
I've been known
to lie
a lot
Not about big things
but about little
things
Like...
I don't know...
16 penny-nail spiked
2X4’s
and deeeeep affection
I was a problem
child
loud, LOud, LOUD
couple with
confidence
intelligence
energy abundance
Picture,
hyperactive gerbil
caffeine IV drip
while just having
consumed
four rufees
from the front shirt
pocket
of an over-the-road
truck driver
how he got the child
proof top off is irrelevant
irrelevant like
the
over-the-top metaphor
that is so pregnant
with details
that the original
message is
blurred
blurred like the
little mind of our rodent
Because with
all that is going
on
all that he has
consumed
he is scared
the adrenaline dump
that goes with fear
has sent our little
friend
over the edge
and he shoots across
the stained tile
floor
of the greasy 24
hour diner
tiny legs in a flurry
a high pitched SQUEEEEEL
only to be squished
by the 200 pound
penguin
sitting on the end
booth
eating buttermilk
pancakes
Confused?
Simplified
Gerbil
Me
Penguin
any assortment of
nuns
I give them credit
they didn't kill
me
had they not been
nuns....
well
I overheard two
talking
outside the boys
bathroom
I paused
I heard my name
"Brian"
freeze
I put my fingers
over my nostrils
closing them off
and blew out
popping my ears
a technique that
gave me
super human hearing
doo dooo doooo doooo
"Brian"
"You think if we
prayed
for his soul,
then killed him,
we would be in the
clear?"
Laughter
more laughter
"Now we just have
one more week before Christmas break. Hate to kill him so close to the holidays."
More laughter
I couldn't believe
Nuns plotting the
murder
of a 12 year old
and laughing
God how they laughed
sorry (do sign of the cross)
I waited
waited until they
left
then sprinted straight
to the monsignor
an office of which
I was
all too familiar
"They want to KILL
ME!"
I had given him
the ammo
to fire a nun
"Your outta here
sister!
God does not cohort
with murders!"
but he just grimaced
peering over his
rectangular reading
glasses,
turning the snow
globe
of Santa embracing
Jesus
over
and over
and over
in his hands
"Yes, yes"
I was sure the next
words would be,
"THEY"RE FIRED!"
instead
"Was there anything
else...?”
silence
"No... then you
best be getting back to class"
(dumbfounded look)
The remainder of
the week
when not isolated
from the rest of
the class
due to "NUN-issues"
they would call
them
"BRIAN-issues"
but I can assure
you
I did nothing wrong
a victim of circumstances
wrong place wrong
time
mistaken identity
framed
sloppy lab-work
bad cop
I know he used the
vulgar
"N" word
NUN
I'm innocent I tell
you innocent
I kept my "popped"
ears
on alert
Thursday I thought
I was back in business
as from my "honey
hole"
of info
the bathroom
I heard the end
of a word
"...ian"
Cover nostrils
blow
POP
I was tuned in
However the word
I mistook
for "Brian" was
the end
of the word "crying"
as in,
"Please quit crying,
we only
have a day left."
"It's just I try
so hard to love
him
guide him
but he just won't
stop.
I just have horrible
thoughts
that a Christian
person shouldn't.
A nun shouldn't
hate, but that is how I feel sometimes.
Brian just won't
stop."
more crying
it was Sister Mary
Agnes
my favorite
I really loved her
I couldn't believe
it
I had caused a nun
to
cry
to hate..
me
