PSALMS
Someone is reading aloud from the book of psalms at the airport
I am pretending to read an email
I want to feel busy and important like the men
With their suits and their bluetooths
But all I hear is
I am safe in the hands of the lord
Who hath no time for arrogance
I think it’s pretty arrogant
To subject a bunch of strangers
To your views on salvation
But for some reason
I can’t put in headphones
As I feel it might be
A cardinal sin
To reject that
Which is freely offered
Jade Wootton is a poet living in Brooklyn, New York via her hometown Los Angeles, California. She graduated summa cum laude from New York University (’17) with a major in English and American Literature and minors in Creative Writing and Psychology. She is currently enrolled at Fordham University School of Law. Her work appears in several New York City-based zines, includingPlayedboy andQue Será. She has read her work at Brooklyn-based readings, in community-oriented spaces such asMolasses Books andJones Beach Bar & Cafe.
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