Say a Prayer to St. Anthony

This week my horoscope told me to Shine 
so I put Vaseline on both my shoulders.

I tried my best to remember to keep
them back as I walked, the way
my Mother taught me to:
squeezing my right hand three times.

But I can’t stop my feet from sinking 
into pavement, because I keep forgetting 
to pick them up and now I’m making 
cement shoes out of every parking lot, 

and my greasy shoulders 
keep curling in, because 
this body is a burden 
to drag around, 

right hand, three squeezes, 
right hand, three persons: 
Father, 
Son, 
Holy Spirit—