the statue of the virgin sat granard speaks

• i did not

  move, i didn’t lift a finger to help her
• lay down


  alone at my feet
• without a

  midwife or doctor or friend to hold her hand
• seeds


  of ice
• heavy with 


  the burden of fruiting
• tucked


  up safe and dreaming
• the howling

  wont let up
• trees 


  cavort in agony
• they call 


  me Mary - blessed, holy, virgin
• ghost voyagers


  … death tactics …. dying lakes … fish drowning