Watching from afar, folded into subtleties, that good spirit She sold herself, finally a mother, that good witch Like a deal with fingers crossed Like the smile in your own punch line Locked between mirrors, forgetting who's who, that American game Juggling in a chemical circus, Irish remedy, that boiling blood Like a pot run over Like a Sunday hangover Hesitating down the marble steps, ritual by interruption, that inevitable sacrament Snapped into visions, climbing to heaven, that deathly sleep Like a body void of spirit Like a secret communion -K.M.O