i saw her

i saw her on the metro

shes the woman with the plush velvet crayola deep blue green jacket
- prim and proper

shes the woman smiling at me - kind face kind eyes

shes the crazy ranting woman muttering inanities to herself - clutching her fisherman's cap...

shes the women learning english "we have a peettie teacher"

... shes the one inviting me to eat

- (its the need to know that will undo and redo)

shes the fish seller on the street

the woman dishing kimchi

shes the one im talking to telling her "your love will not go forgotten... your courage will save her from my state of loss"

shes the one i cant keep staring at

the one i cant stop looking for

shes the pitchforked halo spinning o'er my waking sleeping

last night i dreamt of five

five women sent away

by a minister

and we

we

i

were the ones to bear the mark

the minister

he had

no shame

... shes the one

who visits without appearing

shes the women on the metro

on the streets

in the bars

serving food

learning english

asking me how much i weigh saying "no less"

... shes the one in need of all this:

redeeming