Maureen Clark

Tea Leaves

even church people
want to know
what the future holds

that’s why sales
of tarot cards
are on the rise

and rune stones
Ouija boards and
crystal balls

one year   into Covid
and we read
our horoscopes      everyday

plot our star charts
sew old socks
into voodoo dolls

with button eyes
send messages
to the newly dead

save the bones
from last night’s
KFC to practice

throwing and reading them
search the internet
for someone to read

our tea leaves
for a different pattern
to turn up