\nreceived as a letter, authorship witheld:<\/i> <\/p>\n
Once upon a perfect moment, stretched & bent & folded
\nin half & sewn end-to-end, when the stars were in faultless
\naccord & the world turned with dignity & solemn grace,
\nwhen even cruelty was polite, even cynicism holy, a girl
\nwith flowers in her hair & a song on her lips drilled a
\nhole through her liily white palm & stared out through it
\nat all the ugliness that lay beyond.<\/p>\n
(intermission)<\/p>\n
She turned away, as all things turned, with effortless
\nelegance, her skirts sweeping through rose petals &
\ncrisp autumn leaves, blood dripping from her fingers
\nlike the final notes of Libera Me, & in her wake the
\nshocked silence was worn away be birdsong & the
\nthoughtful murmur of the trees.<\/p>\n
(intermission)<\/p>\n
She turns again, later, with long-practiced unpracticed
\ngrace, not away but in a wide, slow circle, arm
\nout-stretched to display the hole, larger in its setting
\nof pearl white scar, partially obscured by delicate
\nmetacarpals. The gathered crowd stares in fascinated
\nhorror, & when she bows the applause is exuberant.<\/p>\n
She does not do an encore. There is no second act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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