Old Country Music
Porter Wagoner hides
a wedding ring so folks
won’t know his dad
cheated. Melodies pour
from salt shakers. Loss
lines sugar bowls. I greet
customers with a Texas-sized
grin. Tragedies choose
between hot roast beef
and chicken in a basket.
After I bring
steaming comfort,
they eat and absently
look out the window.
—Ken Pobo, Media, PA
