i did go inside the church of johnny reeves

while sara chickering and doc flitt did swap stories outside.

i did go inside to warm my face and talk to God about daddy being shot

and how the bullet

might have had goings through sara chickering or me

or it might have had goings through daddy’s heart and

made the living run out of him.

i did go inside the church of johnny reeves

and have talkings with God

about all the good thinkings and feelings that do race around inside me

and that it didn’t matter that someone didn’t like us

so

much that they did take a gun to kill us

because so many people did like us

and did come to sara chickering’s house to help us.

and no one did hear my little talks with God

because no one is supposed to know the

thinkings of little girls

but just the little girl and God.

but i did come inside the church of johnny reeves

because even if i did not tell constable johnson

what i did see,

i can tell God that i saw johnny reeves

that night daddy did get a bullet through him.

and i did think

if i tell God in johnny reeves’ own church,

God does know what to do.