An auditorium mostly used For Seniors, cribbage, bumper pool Guitar lessons, book club, yoga. Well sort of. But Thursday nights at eight. Talent, readings of all sorts. Song. Strumming. Even a dodgy female ventriloquist. Puffy Afghan on her knee. And a terrier who does tricks Well, more than half the time. And then Daphne. Pigtails and no make-up. Bag dress, shift, potato sack? Mustard leggings. And Chuck Taylor All Star Sneakers. Reading next with a sultry voice That did not match the rest. Poems with fire. A Bully From junior high A smirk and fast hands. A black eye if you falter. A pond quivering Before nightfall, fireflies A-dance in tribute to Day’s death. And night hawk’s swoosh. The next, a short trip to The altar. Praying so unfamiliar But honest, transparent, broken Needing help, needing God. (As if she were describing herself. Well guess what.) She was totally let in Yucky exterior coating. Tota