Each and every Easter,
my neighbor
puts out a yard sign.
“He is Risen,” it exclaims.
We’ve talked extensively
about the grammar.
Past and present participles
don’t seem to concern him
as much as the greater point
he is making about the risen
Lord and my own position as
the one and only
Doubting Thomas.
The one and only
Hell-bound fool.
We finally had to agree to
disagree when I put up a
yard sign of my own,
in bubble letters,
with hearts over the “I”s.
Rainbows and smiley faces.
It says, “Wu-Tang Clan
Ain’t Nuthin’
to Fuck
With!”
Andre F. Peltier is a Lecturer III at Eastern Michigan University where he teaches literature and writing. He lives in Ypsilanti, MI, with his family. His poetry has appeared in or is forthcoming from numerous journals. In his free time, he obsesses about soccer and comic books.
Twitter: @aandrefpeltier