map says you are here I went looking where they said heaven is but I must have taken a wrong turn. I couldn’t find the throne. I didn’t hear the choir. No one I love was there. So, I came back down to Earth, wet from the clouds. Nothing to show for all my effort. I walked in the house, head drooped with defeat. I sat in my dad’s chair, still warm from the ball game. My mom was making fried bologna like her mom used to. My niece was singing her show songs and it sounded a little holy. I cocked my head to the side, looked at the map. Could this be what they meant? They said on Earth, as it is in
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