The Tollbooth Martyrs - Piano Magic

The tollbooth martyrs, 21 — 56

Leave their lives at the gate and beneath the standard issue crucifix

Push their summers to the side of the plate

Live their lives through diaries, can’t get jobs in libraries

Live their lives through diaries, can’t get jobs in libraries

The calendar model, long-retired, expecting her third, joined a choir

The saucer of coins marks off the years from college to dole to tollbooth

cashier

Live their lives through diaries, can’t get jobs in libraries

Live their lives through diaries, can’t get jobs in libraries