church fashion

you wear your new shirt
to church.
it's canary yellow with white
buttons down the front.
short sleeved.
you leave it untucked.
it's a florida shirt
minus the palm
trees and coconuts.
it looks nice against
your khaki pants,
and brown shoes.
you feel comfortable
praying in this shirt,
kneeing in the pews,
taking communion
and singing along
with the choir.
you feel forgiven and
holy in this yellow
shirt. people stop
to touch it and ask you,
is that a new shirt.
which pleases you to no end.
it's your sunday
shirt from here on out.