sleeping white
snow beauty
the drugs
and dreams
becoming
one
grimmer tales
told so tells
giambattista
flax and apple
poisoning
as seen
through
the eyes
not
of doc
but
dopey
SAINT AGATHA
blessed with a womb and breasts
deviant from lechery
she stayed a virginal bride until her death
given only to Christ
Quintian disdained and disturbed her faith
shredding the dignity of her chest
humbling her on earth
but in edenic embrace a martyr’s reborn
2/13/2018
* I am reading Sister Wendy On Prayer She talks about Giambattista Tiepolo’s The Martyrdom Of Saint Agatha. So personal to us women, mutilation of any kind. This rends the heart. Perhaps I will attach a copy of the painting. If not you can look it up.
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