At the Bible Study

Milton Jordan

April 11, 2022

Temple, I said.

Shirley? She asked.

No. Jerusalem.

Oh, Jerusalem,

dead prophets, stoning and all that.

No Solomon’s 300 year Temple.

With Sheba’s Queen, she said,

and those indentured Ethiopian laborers.

You’re so negative.

Realistic, I’d say.

Milton Jordan lives with Anne in Georgetown, Texas. He is editing a volume of selections from the first year of Texas Poetry Assignment. His collection, A Forest for the Trees, is forthcoming from Backroom Window Press.