Three Women and a Man
Mary Magdalene
Virgin Mother
Mary, Sister of Martha
I seen grains
I tried to save sand
sunlit hair
of so much blow
my veil thins to open pores
gathers in the field
with bloody streams
thousands died
rain stops to let me by
oozing from poison tip places
for one a bastard
when we walk together
long thin waifs
sucked from my tit
tell me brother how
loose leg women
tasted salty skin
to fill your bowl
sucking juice from a stone
I fire that heals the brand
tell me how sparks
the pillar of God
I open and closed mouth
Copyright Credit: Raina J. León, "Three Woman and a Man" from Canticle of Idols. Copyright © 2008 by Raina J. León. Reprinted by permission of WordTech Communications LLC.