October 10th, 2020
We will race, her sisters, there, past gargoyles
down a swiveled silver stair. One who rides
its rail, body of snake, chiseled coil
to marble tongue will take the lead then chide
the rest — a mob with matches in pockets
Continue reading “Womannotated – Little Witches”
After Morticia Addams describing Wednesday’s
role model (“Wednesday’s great-aunt Calpurnia.
She was burned as a witch in 1706. They said she danced
naked in the town square and enslaved a minster ..
but don’t worry. We’ve told Wednesday: college first.”)
Young girls require a patron saint — aunt’s
abysmal ashes antiquate entwined,
Massachusetts grave, with God’s servant
whom she enslaved. Impious mind
in clerical cravat a town square dance
(performed in only raven plaits) bewitched Continue reading “Womannotated – Calpurnia”
BURNING HOUSE PRESS 