Poem: Three Sisters

 

Three Sisters

 

distaff of spine,

spindle of ribs,

bread of the blood

of the warmth

spreading from the hearth.

 

clay of muscles

fiery of kiln

with inhales and songs,

milk of nipples,

cradle of hips,

swish of grass and scythe

and sentences braiding strides

and fronds from sown seeds

wild in windy hair

 

… strawberry, amaranth,

asphodel, rhubarb, corn …

 

oracle of irises

to guide the weave:

wefts of fingers graceful

as they warp, salve, hope, dream, nurture,

escape.

 

fix.

fascinate.

decide.

 

sway of gait,

herb of lip,

birth, dance, ardor and thunder

of thighs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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