Mother Superior, I Cannot Pray — Slender Aphrodite has set the Nunnery Ablaze

A poem.

Graphic by author.

Walking through the convent,
I pick a few things that belong to Sister Catherine
a scarf, a letter, a sewing needle and its thread.

Passing through the hall I gather some trinkets from Sister Anne,
a letter opener, a holy text, that wilting vase…