MOULD
When Noah prayed
You sent him a flood
and charged him with the safety
of all animal life.
What I got was rain.
I forgot to wash my shirt
so it grew mould.
In every generation
the holy men we have
stand on different levels.
We all get the hero
we deserve.
On behalf of mould
—and on behalf of my wife,
who loves when I do laundry—
I will try
to be worthy.
About Matthue Roth
Matthue is a performance poet and the author of Losers, a novel about Russian Jewish geeks. He is the 2005 Best Books nominee for Nevermind the Golbergs (scholastic) and the supermodel kung-fu action adventure Candy in Action. He’s filmed his poems for HBO and MTV, and toured Australia and America several times each. He lives with his wife and daughter in St. Kilda and Brooklyn. More info at www.matthue.com
