Every Day Parade

Every-Day Parade

Like a parade
without pizzazz
cars pass
one after another
in movie-motion

the garbage-bagged
broken window

splatters of mud
on the driver’s door
like wayward dough
on the sides
of a mixing bowl

a handicapped sign
dangling from the
rearview mirror
like a blue ribbon
from a prized
steer’s neck

sticker shock
still stuck
to the back window

they urge without
a whisper
coexist, make art
make America great again
paddle faster
keep calm and
carry yarn
save a horse
ride a Harley
choose your weapon
urinate on a Ford

remember who
you wanted to be

Praise Jesus