ANNUNCIATION
at the bedside robed
in white a white blaze
above
a hum of light
like a supernal
language a dove in the dark
bell of my thresh
-old pain
pealing like a Sun
day the attending
announcing
shadow
widening the dove’s
steely
beak a bit
of pressure a sharp
pinch
in view on the screen
apparitions
black haloes black
seas void
of boats
or divinity
they are speaking now they are trying their best
to appear
human
so I won’t
startle leave but what
they have to tell me
I don’t want
to receive
the Word only
incarnate
once it slipped in her
sleeve
