COUSIN
Text-messages fling like bows and arrows
heart and lung transplants
sound glamorous through fiber optic wire
there's a story in this shot glass
saint for every ailment
mother behind every orphan
in the Philippines the Virgin Mary
gets maxed out like a credit card
and a distant relative racks up phone bills
with holes in her lungs
too much beer in the liver
screaming for whatever god
to take her out of Utah
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