"Christmas Day at a Dive Bar" by Mikey Franz

Christmas Day at a dive bar & God has blessed us all with holy days & spirits poured over this small glimpse at eternity blurring bright against the near-silent night naive nativities of promised tomorrows fester & foster today's futilities yet here we arrive from memories of everywhere we've ever been before now & suddenly this maybe in another world, all our dreams come true & every prayer is answered & all considered is well with peace & joy, et cetera but if this world is not that if heaven is hidden from sight do this as often as you do this in remembrance of... the warm embrace of another despite the nearness of life without ————————————– Mikey Franz called us from Philadelphia, PA. voicemailpoems.org/submit/ facebook.com/voicemailpoems x.com/voicemailpoems bsky.app/profile/voicemailpoems.bsky.social instagram.com/voicemailpoems