Peanut Butter Banana Sandwich
kissing boys / and / hitting on Elvis
Aunt loved Elvis:
two frames on her
bedroom nightstand:
Jesus
and
The King.
When Aunt died
at the funeral
the old priest with fuzzy hair
said she’s in Heaven
kissing boys
and
hitting on Elvis.
Mid-eulogy
Dad turned to me
and we laughed
‘cause
Aunt
was
a
lesbian!
When it’s my turn,
make my speech
good. Please.
I want to get in with
straight As.
Brigid O'Brien is a current student in Chicago, where she studies English at DePaul University. When she's not writing, you can probably find her walking lots of cute (slobbery) dogs and getting lost on the CTA.
