O Gabriel
O umbilical mesh
apogee of angels
O ungendered & sex-
less courier
O jagged nail
fattening on His finger
O arch
& archive O bush
ablaze O throat O throat
O uterine throat
O mediary of Mary
of Musa O pillar of cloud
O brute force O being
unborn yet sent to make me
see O brilliant light
O blotting dark—
God tugs at whim your corded tongue
so tilt an ear & shade me
with your heel break open
a fount as you did for my sister
all my rooms are greening in wait
pull back my falling shroud, see
how well I bear the burden
a child—
come sigh
for once in me
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