Return Of The Reliquary
she hurled a gasoline bomb at the spectacle and
ran into a church to hear the altar’s anguish
as bombs exploded
she heard laughter behind her as she pointed at the
bones encased in gold and glass
it can’t help her it’s gone away forever
she sat down in the aisle and watched
she beheld 2 women walking towards her
she was carried in their arms
into a vapor where she felt healthy temporarily
wood for an animal to be burned for slaughter
beneath the 2 x 4 constructed frames
stems grow from the ground
looking for the aroma
contortions in exile exhaled
Peter Marra is in Williamsburg Brooklyn. His goal is to become an adjective and find new methods of description. He has either been published in or has work forthcoming in Caper Literary Journal, amphibi.us, Yes Poetry, Maintenant 4, Beatnik, Crash, Danse Macabre, Clutching At Straws O Sweet Flowery Roses, Breadcrumb Scabs,Carcinogenic and Calliope Nerve. He is currently constructing his first collection of poems.