GOD ANSWERS KNEE MAIL

i really hope he does, because

i wanted my ears pierced. 

 

i wanted my ears pierced, and 

now, it is a saturday morning

 

i am clawing through woodchips

woodchips beneath the slide

 

the slide where i asked god

to bury the earring

 

the earring i stole from my mom

the earring i lost while playing tag

 

god answers knee mail

i really hope he does, because

she screamed and she cried, and i

 

i am more solid than a block of stone