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blood of the lamb

by Indigo Tempesta

life cycle in a year’s breath , a cocoon

a butterfly , a cocoon. child to mother , martyr to sacrifice

to martyred child.

 

blood on the bedsheets , blood on the fire

blood on the pews—a premature child—a lamb whose blood

cannot be consecrated—a lamb who is consecrated to god by the forcing:

a handmaiden of god.

a rape.

a fanatic’s heavy breathing , a long torn scream.

 

invisible ghosts who torment — a scream that cannot be held —

a joining that cannot be suffered ; cannot be suffered to remain.

a butterfly , a butterfly , a wisp of mountain fog

the dark of the moon disappearing ;

 

the fall.

04/24/2003

Author's Note: must find the right ending...

Posted on 04/24/2003
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