clothing

• Red shoes, flat heeled to save the spine and not for dancing
• The skirt is ankle length, full, gathered to a flat yoke that extends over the breasts, the sleeves are full
• The white wings too are prescribed issue; they are to keep us from seeing but also from being seen
• A distorted shadow, a parody of something, some fairytale figure in a red cloak, descending towards a moments of carelessness
• In her usual martha’s dress, which is dull green , like a surgeons gown of the time before
• Nobody much cares who sees the face of a Martha
• It’s the red dress she [Rita] disapproves of , and what it stands for. She thinks I may be catching , like a disease or any form of bad luck.
• Habits are hard to break
• Saint Paul said its either that or a close shave
• face enshrouded like this, only outlines visible, of nose, bandaged mouth, blind eyes.
• I guess it’s supposed to demoralize the men, having to wear a dress.