Sunday, May 30, 2010

St. Joan of Arc (patron of France, martyrs, captives, those ridiculed for their piety)


home is scorched earth,

red & ruddy & always aflame.


the mind wanders, loses its way,

forgets which forests have burned.


from the field, even voices sound beautiful.

all those syllables amongst the wheat.


I don’t remember where or when.

It just happened. I breathed in

and I was on the back of this white horse.


what I mean to say

is that it started snowing.


for every inch that fell,

I cut an inch of my hair off.


there are no villains here.

I promise you.



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