I drift in space \nlistening to the gospel \nof the red-hot stars. \nPinpoints of infinity riddle my [[brain]], \na revelation of deafness.

My audience is God, \nbecause who the hell else could understand me? \nWho else has been [[dead|brain]] [[twice|waiting]]?

My first death orbits my head, \nan ambiguous nimbus, \nmedallion of my [[ordeal|time]]. \nNo one crosses that circle.

Death sits on my shoulder like a dark [[angel]]\ninsidious in his glossy feathers \nwhispering to me to be easy \non myself. To breathe out finally. \nTrust me, he says, caressing \nme. Why [[suffer|simile]]?

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When they came to harvest my corpse \n(open your mouth, close your eyes) \ncut my [[body]] from the rope, \nsurprise, surprise: \nI was still alive.

I was hanged for [[living]] alone\nOh yes, and for having breasts, \nand a sweet pear hidden in my body. \nWhenever there's [[talk]] of demons\nthese come in handy.

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Time is relative, let me tell you \nI have [[lived|brain]] a [[millennium|time]].

Half-Hanged Molly

Rumour was loose in the air \nhunting for some [[neck]] to land on. \nI was milking the cow, \nthe barn door open to the [[sunset]].\n

Death sits on my shoulder like a judge \nmuttering about [[sluts]] and [[punishment|brain]]\nand licking his lips

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My body of skin waxes and wanes \naround my true body, \na tender nimbus. \nI skitter over the paths and fields \n[[mumbling]] to myself like crazy, \nmouth full of juicy adjectives \nand purple berries. \nThe townsfolk dive headfirst into the bushes \nto get out of my way.

Does my twisting body spell out Grace? \nI [[hurt|time]], therefore I am. \nFaith, Charity, and Hope \nare three dead angels \nfalling like meteors or \nburning owls across \nthe profound blank sky of Your face.

The rope was an improvisation. \nWith time they'd have [[thought|angel]] of axes.

Death sits on my shoulder like a crow \nwaiting for my squeezed beet \nof a heart to [[burst|time]]\nso he can eat my eyes

I didn't feel the aimed word [[hit]] \nand go in like a soft bullet. \nI didn't feel the smashed [[flesh|sluts]] \nclosing over it like water \nover a thrown stone.

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My throat is taut against the rope \nchoking off [[words]] and air; \nI'm reduced to knotted muscle. \nBlood bulges in my skull, \nmy clenched teeth hold it in; \nI bite down on [[despair]]

Heard ye e'er of [[Molly Webster, Molly Webster]] ye Hadley witch?\nHeavie her Curse hath layn vpon Hadley, feered on by Poore & Riche.\nSold is shee, bodie & Spirit to Sathan, & worketh hys Will;\nFor our God's hid Purpose, doubtless, is shee suffered to doe vs Il.

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A temptation, to sink down \ninto these definitions. \nTo become a [[martyr]] in reverse, \nor [[food]], or [[trash]].

Sun comes up, huge and blaring, \nno longer a [[simile]] for [[God|talk]].\nWrong address. I've been out there.

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Out of my mouth is coming, at some \ndistance from me, a thin gnawing sound \nwhich you could confuse with [[prayer|God]] except that \npraying is not constrained.