26 May 2012

Given Religion


That's right, name's Cole
   Turner, but you can
call me as my people do,

Cold Turkey. You ask 
   and I'm going to
tell you. Boy, sex 

with her was better
   than Jesus! The 
Lord's boy and our 

own personal nail collector
  and savior. Couldn't
top the cross she 

raised me up on, night
  after noon and 
next morning! You're 

young, so let me just
   tell you how much
it's an indicator--if a

man can go thirty, forty
   years and still 
remember, that was a

woman who was something!
  Actually got my old
name from her, you can

choose to believe me 
   or not. Said one day
before she'd had enough

of me, boy, I'm going 
  Cold Turkey. Cause
this warm turkey, good 

as it is, it's getting old,
   and I don't want to
go moldy with it. Now 

that's not just a sweetheart
   but a lady, isn't it? 
To tell me right out

we had to part ways
   so one day I could
sit down, right here, and

tell a story about her. 
  Just telling it's enough 
to give a man religion!

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