Monday, August 9, 2010

St. Edith Stein aka St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross

I need to be

less sprawling--


keep my fingers close

to this throbbing body.


I just want to be lifted

out of these steel arms


that rust in the rain.


my home is being eaten

by a swarm of fire ants.


they cover the fields,

chew at the eaves

of our house,


plot to make sure

we never get out

alive.


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