Preach
By Therese Tiger
QuailBellMagazine.com
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After I speak, I want people to be so moved their mouths hang open.
I want the whole world to like me really like me. It’s embarrassing.
Sometimes I get my courage from people on reality TV. Believe it or not,
two real housewives chartered a plane to hand cash to hurricane survivors
in Puerto Rico. Then they went home and bought eyelashes
and vagina steamers but so what. They did something. I wish I could
worship myself like they do. Today I heard a former gangster
speak about her addiction, son murdered, masters degree,
her days in service to survivors, in that room
a hush descended so wide you could hear a hundred silent prayers
of gratitude. Our mouths hung open, she said everything there is
nothing more to say.