Rosaries of night breath,
rosaries of woman smell,
rosaries of dream, spoon
rosaries blue, rosaries of yarn
knots greed rosaries, dandelion
rosaries, dough rosaries,
crystal Slovak rosaries,
baked potato rosaries, cock
hot rosaries, sunflower
yellow rosaries, phone line
rosaries, human hair
rosaries, butterfly blue
rosaries, snow rosaries,
dark cherry red burn rosaries,
say lead rosaries, flour
white first communion rosaries,
lemon rosaries, cold-cock punch
rosaries, confessional dark
water holy rosaries, sweet apple
red rosaries, concertina sweet rosaries,
before bed rosaries, wild
asparagus rosaries, smooth
wood beaded rosaries, see
all the way to heaven rosaries.
Keep me sighted rosaries,
don't let me be pregnant rosaries,
don't let anyone die rosaries
bring him here rosaries,
keep me sane rosaries,
keep him off me rosaries.
My mothers' rosaries fill
my mouth with dark prayer names:
My name is Susan the Baptist,
daughter of Ruth Lorraine Brophy
whose mother Katherine Boussart
came from Alsace-Lorraine
with an immigrant's trunk
full of women's lost names.