Of Course

Of course he’ll drive his father
to the casket showroom to select

the plush case in which wife & mother
will cure for a million years. A vast, maroon

station wagon. Power steering. Tiny wheel.
November half gone. The damp not

bone-cold yet. Next week, the city will string
green & red lights across the thriving avenue.

Well, certain workers will. The corned beef
is warm, pickle sweet, rye & mustard fresh.

John Repp grew up along the Blackwater Branch of the Maurice River in southern New Jersey and has lived for many years in Erie, Pennsylvania. His most recent collection of poetry is The Soul of Rock & Roll: Poems Acoustic, Electric & Remixed, 1980-2020, published by Broadstone Books.