sally simpson

outside the house mr. simpson announced

that sally couldn't go to the meeting

he went on cleaning his blue rolls royce

and she ran inside weeping

she got to her room

and tears splashed the picture

of the new messiah

she picked up the book of her father's life

and threw it on the fire

she knew from the start

deep down in her heart

that she and tommy were worlds apart

but her mother said

never mind