once upon a time,

it happened.

the choice.

not a fall. a life.

mortality.

flesh.

suddenly: you become. swollen.

and then - under the eves of the farmhouse,

she is born in the dirt.

slipped out. crying.

we tend a garden with her in a basket,

wool blanket. from sheep raised in the field.

published in the stars and fed from our able -

named for the vague memory of

oranges and honey. beeswax.

a spider in the corner of her room,

our little piggy.

but this life too mundane.

importance swollen now, in his heart

about preaching the word. how to.

so she and i now tend the cottage:

while he chases tail. s.

ⴲ.