bill callahan
your dress
thinking about your dress the purple one the one you could afford because of the money the one you could afford because of the money your husband sent home from the war thinking about it in ten years thinking about it in ten years when they sent your husband home from the war you're still wearing that same dress you're still wearing that same dress standing proud among the trees by the side of the road like some forgotten foundation for a never finished bridge a never finished bridge do do do do do do do do do