Stake

I heard someone make a zombie
joke about Jesus. I laughed
really hard. At church on Easter,
I wanted to take communion twice
because I was hungry.
My dad laughed at this.
The babies cried and
fathers carried them out.

When everyone said hallelujah,
hallelujah, hallelujah,
they might as well have been saying
my area code is..., or my birthday is...,
or spelling their last names,
although I've heard people
sound more excited
for those things.

I stared at my high school crush
in his suit. If I'd had his number,
I would have texted him
to meet me in the bathroom
but I didn't know if he cared
about all the prayers and shit.

I'd never seen so many
hooker heels in one place,
and on such young girls.