Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Goodnight TIWI (with apologies to Margaret Wise Brown)

 In a white Malibu

was a log book

In a red case

And from the mirror hook,

Masks for the face

And three smiling Elders buckled in place


soccer ball in the back

near a rattling bike rack

old PepBoys slips

and crusty nacho chips

light in the back, someone trying to read

a sweet lady voice saying "Watch your speed"


goodnight Tiwi

goodnight Malibu

goodnight masks, we won’t miss you


goodnight light

good night bike rack

good night Pep Boys, and the ball in the back


good night Elders

good night chips

good night receipts and gas card slips


good night miles log

good night everything

and good night to the voice saying "Aggressive Driving."


Goodnight stars
Goodnight air
Good night missionaries everywhere 


- Elder Joseph Buchanan, California Newport Mission vehicle coordinator

(available to an illustrator)

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