straggling penances through
garden gates--rabid as raccoons
in blazes of daylight.
limply limning the resurrecting lights
that trail glories.
among lip-biting flowers, whose unsilenced
scents slip spring breezes through the
eyes of needles.
skied smooth as cloth overhung from a puff
of breath.
as there...Mother Mary taking entire care.
her hands following after more delicate than tears.