Near the Plastered Wall

Sparrow rolling in the shade. She cups her hands above its body. Leaning. Shade;
home’s invocation. “Rest,”
as if it’s the only word she speaks.

Magdalene visited the tomb after His death. To see the body
of whom she loves. His; vacancy. To learn the conquest over
slumber. The eternal awakening. The new
vocabulary.

“Go.” “To my God and your God.”

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