dear Trudy

i heard about the tests —
you poor thing! that old saying
gets trotted out too much — “God only
gives us as much as we can
handle” — more like God takes as
much as he thinks we’ll do without,
or God only gives us trouble, or
God wears white after labor day!
with a poorly matched jacket! or
i don’t know. when i blaspheme,
words fail me. the best i’ve got is
when life gives you lemons
they can always be rotten.

best of luck with the kidney donor,
Frankie with the sweaters (two cubicles down)