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The First Marriage

by  John G.Hall

Posted: Monday, December 6, 2004
Word Count: 56
Summary: worship each other




The First Marriage


a heart on a rope a swinging red brick
a clapper wick of love snug in it's soft bell,

my Angelus hands pulling the hours out
our prayers unpeeled by the toll of breath,

we lay threaded bare on the marriage bed
the cuddle of blood drizzled on the altered cloth.



John G.Hall(C)2004