The New York Nexus Cafe 

When I was ten my great-grandma wasn't talking
to my grandma because she wasn't talking to my
aunt who we weren't allowed
to talk to because she got

disfellowshipped for divorcing
my uncle, a truck driver
who used to come into the house to
get money for the hookers
waiting in the truck in the driveway.

At the meetings the elders would tell us
that people who aren't Jehovah's Witnesses
are bad association -
because they do things that are pagan
like celebrate Christmas and birthdays.

In the Bible, the only birthday party
is when John the Baptist
gets his head cut off.