Chicagoetry: I Once Prayed To God

By J.J. Tindall

I ONCE PRAYED TO GOD
I once
Prayed to God
To
Die.

I once
Prayed to God
For
Pussy,
For money,
For a bus.
I now
Pray to God
For
Mercy.
Only.
Once.
–
J. J. Tindall is the Beachwood’s poet-in-residence. He can reached at jjtindall@yahoo.com. Chicagoetry is an exclusive Beachwood collection-in-progress.