Nun w/gun: 2 Poems in The Chamber, by Matt Kona

by Matt Kona
Photo: © Depositphotos.com/Elnur_

 

A One Sister Holy War
Mortal Danger/Mortal Sin

 

pull the trigger
                       flip the switch
machine wash
away
the sins of the world

 

Old habits die hard (bad habits bleed out)

 

but for one flash
one last
perfect second

 

those words rang true
and the bell rang

 

in the tower.

 

(and in the inner ear drums of anyone staying after school that day)
within ear shot. out of reach.

 

No Hail Marys.

 

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A generation with no wings
romanced by a color TV
A ‘Flying Nun’
Sally Fields
Killing Fields
War begins at home

 

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Matt Kona does standup comedy most nights of the week around New England and is actively trying to turn his life into a yard sale. Follow him on twitter @MattKona to find out where he’ll be telling jokes and selling his junk next.