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.