the glow in the dark virgin mary

my mother
would put the glow in the dark
virgin mary
statues

all over the house.
in each room.

even on the dashboard of my dad's
chevy impala.

at night, if you woke up,
you'd see

the little light of mary
across the room

and feel, it's all good.

there's mary.

I often wondered what my
father thought

as he'd drove
home at night after out
carousing

drinking, and god knows what
else
with some floozy
he met in a bar.

driving home

with mary staring at him
from the dashboard
above the radio.