what sort of god would allow
his flowers to be covered for
no real reason: no God would
not, he likes his flowers blooming
full of life, laughing in radiant
gowns: he made diamonds for
this very reason, those rubies
too: so to hide a woman in sack
cloth even expensive sack cloth
is a travesty: she is not even
allowed to drink, not able to
feel the wind, or soak the sun
such coverage leads to withering
and as his bride withers his
love does too, so he seeks
a younger flower, wife two
or three or four all to wither
away and return to God who
will shake each out returning
each to a tropical dessert
where each blooms once in
forty years
