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By
Stefanie Bennett
Myrrh & Misdemeanour
Pope Francis
Outside the roadside chapel
The gaggle
Of constellations
In the lap
Of the chair
With 3 bowed legs
Is a hard-wired
On-the-money
Talking point for
The – intrepid
Holy Ghost.
The – wonky
Bifocals.
The – snowed upon
Newspapers
And all.
Lexigraphy Paste-Up
US Mid-term Election
She said
“Trash is for
The lesser God’s
Keeper.”
He reasoned
“And tomorrow
Is back
Where we found it.”
In the streetlight’s hamstrung glare
The shrew sits
Beside
The shot-glass
Prophet – and
Between them
Eddies
The crucified
Air…
Stefanie Bennett
Stefanie Bennett, ex-blues singer and musician, has published several books of poetry, a novel and a libretto and worked with Arts Action For Peace. Of mixed ancestry [Irish/Italian/Paugussett-Shawnee] she was born in Queensland, Australia in 1945.
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