Flaxseed in the Altar Jar: Courting a Married Woman

five finger grass
masturbating witch's weed
adder's tongue I am so in need
foalswort and coltsfoot bridle rumor
dill seed in muslin courting a married woman
flaxseed in the altar jar those folks up on the
hill like to gossip I said we keep ginko biloba in
our bedroom to gain grace and indigo weed we worship
as baptisia milk thistle enrages the snakes

papaya twigs
mandrake root
parrot's corn

pier 1 imports
spice jars and bovine horn
phallic cookie cutter we've got the dough
stashed in the pockets of the pita bread

I hold
the door open for you
going into the scripture store
to purchase rose of sharon to go
with our sage and gourmet butters
cilantro garlic and sex lube mango

at home
drinking whiskey
in our steerhorn watching
a cinematic black and white poem
gene autry's riders in the sky on the screen
a new day is born weaving grapevines in a coil of rope

those folks
up on the hill
like to gossip they
said we made millions
in jesus christ's name
amen what they say about us
we say is true we love the attention
it promotes our fame

Copyright Ms. Sage Sweetwater, Celebrity firebrand lesbian novelist