Original EveryPoem Studio house-voice poem.
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After the service, palm branches lie beneath the pews, green commas from a sentence
We arrive before the birds, coats over Sunday clothes, coffee warming paper hands.
For men who lead from the front, and men who keep the chairs in rows: make us faithful.
After the church dinner, five men begin stacking chairs. The oldest carries two at a time.
Before the first hymn, we carry chairs from the hall. One leg wobbles.
The final amen has seven endings. The organ chooses one. The choir chooses another.
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