A Neighbor’s Greeting

by Michael Shoemaker

I went to my neighbor’s

to invite them to

Easter services

and found

this new

sign.

NO

SOLICITING

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We are too broke to

BUY anything

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We know who we are

VOTING for

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We have found

JESUS

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So unless you have

package from

AMAZON

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PLEASE GO AWAY

I am glad somehow I missed the memo.

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Michael Shoemaker is a poet, haikuist, writer, photographer, and editor from Magna, Utah, where he lives with his wife and son and enjoys looking out on the Great Salt Lake every day. He is the author of three poetry/photography collections, Rocky Mountain Reflections, Grasshoppers in the Field and Sacred Strains of Praise. His poetry has appeared in Boundless 2024: The Anthology of the Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival and Petals of Haiku: An Anthology, an anthology that is a #1 top Amazon Release. He is a three-time nominee for the 2025 Best of the Net Anthology awards and a Pushcart Prize. More of his work can be found at https://michaelshoemaker.crevado.com/ 

Michael is an Associate Editor at Fireflies’ Light: A Journal of Short Poetry and Cantos: A Literary Arts Journal.