she responded to her critics by word of mouth.


never utter anything more
than you can burn.


she carried baby dead to baby dead yet.
she had questions.


never be pretty when you’re sad
nor repeatedly
document.


things have been pretty killed
up in this *****.


let there be god said the heat
the baby
lost.


never is a lamp
unto the world
enough lamp.


beaten silly
this it
becomes god.