CLOP

 

 

CLOP

 

 

 

THROUGH THE STREETS

OUTSIDE MY MIND

ECHOED THE SOUND

OF A DONKEY WALKING

 

AND THE CRY

NOW HOARSE

ROOMS

ANY ROOMS

MY WIFE IS WITH CHILD

ROOMS

ANY ROOMS

 

UNTIL A GOOD MIDWIFE

TOLD HER HUSBAND

WHAT HE THOUGHT

SO HE OPENED THE BARN

 

NOT MUCH

BUT THE ANIMALS KEEP IT WARM

THE STRAW IS SOFT

 

THE GOOD MIDWIFE SAW THE SIGNS

SHOOED THE MEN OUT

TO DO MEN USELESS THINGS

 

THEN MARY AND HER

DID THE AGELESS BALLET

OF BRINGING A CHILD INTO THE WORLD

OF BRINGING GOD INTO THE WORLD

 

FINDING A HORSE BLANKET

IT WAS ALL SHE HAD

SHE TOLD THE NUMB FATHER

KEEP THEM WARM

 

THEN PATTING

THE NEW MOTHER

ON THE CHEEK

SHE SAID

YOU DID GOOD GIRL

PROUD OF YOU

 

THEN WHILE MARY AND THE BABY SLEPT

JOSEPH KEPT GUARD

AS HE WOULD

THE REST OF HIS LIFE

 

JOSEPH

JOSEPH

HUSBAND

PSEUDO FATHER

 

FAITHFUL JOSEPH

CARING MIDWIFE

BRIMMING WITH PROMISE MARY

 

HOW LONG WILL I STAY

IN MY QUARTERS SAFE

UNINVOLVED

WHILE JOSEPH

CRIES HIMSELF HOARSE

 

HOW LONG WILL I HEAR THE DONKEY’S CLOP

AND NOT CARE