XUEYAN
Wind
Wind swings through my hair and whispers its story
I danced on the bodies of Job’s children
I whistled the hole in Jesus’ palm
I kissed the praying lips of Teresa of Ávila
Oh, wind
before you continue your eternal exile
tell me: Where have you come from?
Expelled from Eden
I am the howl of
Adam and Eve
Banquet on the Sea
Mermaids holding candles rise from the depths
their vestal bodies covered by flaming white shells
Moonlight bakes the leviathan
Salty water washes away sin
Mermaids slice the dead beauty with shells
gorge on the innocent meat
Candles are incarnadined by splashes
Lightning tears apart the sky
The Messiah lands on that giant skeleton
a throne for the king of kings
Mermaids float in waves with bloody delicacies
spreading over their lily breasts
The candlelight on their foreheads guides the righteous
to join the sacred dinner
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