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BRIDE'S SONG AGAINST DEMONS, by                    
First Line: High on a pillow sits with bandaged hands & feet her double sits beside her
Last Line: The custom of the girls
Subject(s): Brides;jews - Women;mysticism - Judaism


1
(scenario)

high on a pillow sits with bandaged hands & feet her double sits beside her
dressed like her large lighted candles vessels with burning oil guard against
the demons on a table stands a basket filled with eggs & flour rue is fastened
to her headdress

2
(the song)

is mercy's hour now
o devils fade
o devils in the hills of China
diving in its sea
green rue adorns her head
o moon stretch out
your hands for baubles
for rejoicing younger days

stretch out your hands for
coloring
the custom of the girls


Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA
98368-0271, www.cc.press.org




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