Because takeoff so quickly morphed / / into landing, because the sky so quickly became a bridge and then a body / of water
Belief
God’s Plan
Occasionally I pine for a mild disaster such as a really loud cough of thunder
The Right Sky
I have cultivated shadows / that never came to fruit.
Star of David
Every year, my father climbed to the roof in late fall to install his homemade star of David on the top of our house.
Our Lady of the Silverfish
You find the cracks for me—the small space / behind the triangle of peeling wallpaper, / / the crevice in the plaster, the air between / one page and the next. O Lady, show me / / the hidden.
Your Godmother, Almost Blind,
Your Godmother, Almost Blind, / crochets away / the news / of your day.
30 November
What terrified and destroyed when the earth sought to shed its skin.
Household Gods
There are his sacred hearth / and his household gods
This Rainbow
But She can’t help / this rainbow: strong / / at both ends, / every color equally / present.
Psaltery & Lyre 