mama’s working in the garden   she’s picking herbs so she could feed them   the dinner roll’s the only value   saying “look what I did, so I could feed them”   christians in black      shuttled between LA and Oakland   miles and miles between and above them   born and raised to be an alcoholic    were you to old or young to stop it   christians in black      once I faked election   idle eyes that don’t get met   with feelings out in the open   every day is just like the next   christians in black