within the border
of margined hallelujahs
read the carefully scripted names
of damned & blessed
of sick & poor
of lonely & childless
of faithful & faithless
broken spine
cellophaned taped
to hold worrry in place
buzz of dreams
whispered to saints
and deity
tear specked pages
where wind-whipped lips
kissed a savior’s image
dust-laden on the table
next to her silent chair
so much of her left behind
in the annal of her love
of margined hallelujahs
read the carefully scripted names
of damned & blessed
of sick & poor
of lonely & childless
of faithful & faithless
broken spine
cellophaned taped
to hold worrry in place
buzz of dreams
whispered to saints
and deity
tear specked pages
where wind-whipped lips
kissed a savior’s image
dust-laden on the table
next to her silent chair
so much of her left behind
in the annal of her love
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