Midnight Heaven
Jul 1, 2023
1 min read
By: Will Neuenfeldt
God hums white
when sinners sleep
as not one shadow
repents inside
his parking pews.
Pothole holy water
remains blessed
and full until he lets
strays have a sip.
Between tinier cracks
grow crabgrass
and dandelions
before his followers
spray what they
call weeds away,
but tonight God
rains and Jesus
takes his break to
shower out back
while his post
glows brighter
without a set of
headlights in sight.
Will Neuenfeldt studied English at Gustavus Adolphus College and his poems are published in Capsule Stories, Months to Years, and Red Flag Poetry. He lives in Cottage Grove, MN, home of the dude who played Steven Stifler in those American Pie movies and a house Teddy Roosevelt slept in.