Melissa Fite Johnson

Saturday Night Conversation

When I asked Mom why
Dad didn’t go to church, she stopped
chopping onions but didn’t
set down her knife, said
her dad hadn’t gone to church either,
like that answered the question.
 

Melissa Fite Johnson’s first poetry collection, While the Kettle’s On, is a Kansas Notable Book. https://melissafitejohnson.com/