But you still need to activate your account.
Every sunrise but Sabbath,
the faithful stationed along the route
anticipated my arrival like a prophecy
the coming of the promised one
and house by house by ones and twos
the pre-leashlaw pinscher and pointer,
the beagle, boxer, and bassett …
and Judas, the Jack Russell doubting terrier
joined me, casting aside their nets
casting their lots instead with me
their Dover-Foxcroft Jesus du jour
swaddled in newspaper delivery-sack cloth …
wagging their windshield-wiper tails
watering telephone poles
righteously sniffing butts
helping lawns to be fertile and prosper
missionaries of the word-
my dozen disciples
delivering the Good (Bangor Daily) News …
barking their happy hosannahs
Tom Lyford is a retired English teacher and lifelong resident of Dover-Foxcroft. He is sponsoring the second annual National Poetry Month poetry contest at Foxcroft Academy, and will be giving one of his popular readings at Rumford Public Library on April 27. His latest chapbooks are “Americana” and “On Becoming a Man of Substance.”
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