An Emergency

Aug. 20, 2001

I'm gonna buy me some religion
At the temple in the strip mall
Right next to the auto shop
Where a sign says, "Jesús is on call"

In between the Krispy Kreme
And a miscellaneous dollar store
There is for sale another scheme
Offering serenity and so much more

The multiplex was packed today
With the fans of popcorn flicks
But I wound up going just that way —
My indie, too, was in the mix

It must have been an emergency
For the man in the urinal next to mine
While he went about his business
He talked on his cell phone the whole time

In the window of that dollar store
Virgin Marys glow in the dark
While ghastly halogen lights burn out
In a nearby industrial park

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