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tangerine-rinsed parable
of honeysuckle sundress
the tiller and the harp pave
wildflower upon cedar
snowing cinnamon for cinder
His needlepoint glimmers
in the gathering of saints
clean floors and war drums
unlanding dove, uncertain,
yet so very certain
convicted, and ever-Loved
the wild in marrow
remembers revival tents,
albuterol and bloody nose
knighting of self
with autumn's olive branches
solar plexus — inlet of Spirit
jar of thorn collected,
to be cast back to the Crown
some bright cotton kindness
unscathed by defiance
soft-space thrives
in laundry and lillies
in taking no bullshit,
in ruthless, quiet presence:
pressing in.
queen of prodigals,
and broken daughters,
and those who could not carry
that real good Godly smile.