( dead mother, Daphne Todd)
Mothers misshapen love
hospice renunciation
rigged on the pavement tomorrow
hours when browsing in sweat
angry with yourselves between nights of care facilities and centrifuges
softeners charity silent prayer beads by evening
the dark Hades of time
that greening smile of a child in
when amber skin s'arruga
and neva the silver crown a golden day
while Earth's womb attracts
the sunset light that melts
iris green s'azzurra
always in that which sanctifies the heart,
always in my heart that sanctifies.
