once, maybe only once, as in upon a time

she sent fruit

bitter with old women resenting the upstart

so who was the witch?

Herd of Herring

Hoard of Hearing

Heard of Herring

Why Egyptian?

Holy Moses
Exposes
Roses
Noses
Poses
Hoses
Reposes
Dozes

my truest feelings keep disappearing

one-two-three, poof!

at odds with any action / reaction /

correction

brown grocery-bag tea-bags

of feathers and shells

none of it in High Plains regalia

Little did anyone know

the saint sprouting horns

had a Virgin M dildo

as her ballet partner

flying away on that Huffy bicycle

up the elm

to the top of the mountain

so far from any Ohio

up the career ladder

with the flesh remaining

a foreign shore

tell no one

your land was a body of secrets