Saving It

at booth memorial
home for unwed mothers
i joined the choir group
where we sang in flowing robes
that covered our protruding bellies

the salvation army ladies
preached to us about our sins
encouraged us to come on down
and get saved

i wouldn't go
i was the only girl
in their long history
who wouldn't give it up
for jesus

i had already given it up
in the back of a 37 buick

©2005 by Geri Digiorno

                                                                                                                                                                                               

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Geri Digiorno is the founder and director of the Petaluma Poetry Walk, an annual celebration of poetry and poets, going into its 10th year. Poetry credits include the Paterson Literary Review, Sonoma Mandala, Bogg, Tomcat, Cyanosis, Haight Ashbury Literary Journal and the Coast Review.