Madeleine Scott

rat rabbit
mary martha
bathed in honeyed
milk sick
silk grenadine
cherry syrup
angel face
Nardostachys grandiflora
stored in alabaster
boxes marian
memorabilia
halo of aluminum
foil stars
fortune smiles
upon our bed when you
take me home on
saint valentine’s day
canopy beaming
christ’s radiant light
virgin wife
feet and hair and
love and service
have your cake and
eat it, too
candy hearts
prayer and worship
blessed is she,
amongst all the women
i was always giving myself
laundry to do