A Mary Sequence
Mary has a kitchen and it smells of bathtub gin Mary is a briny seahorse, sweetly Florida skinned Patron saint of vespa nest Patron saint of yew Mary with the glassy eyes Mary of the few Mary of the mossy shag / Mary of the stone Mary, hollow bannister when she is alone Mary with the rattling breath / Mary of the sea Mary of the dirt-floor basement, an obscenely tinselled tree Patron saint of empty cupboard Patron saint of rot Mary is completely silent, except for when she’s not Mary has an accordion, Mary has a key Mary is rare bluebird stapled to a tree