God of blood clots, God of tumors, God
of ended marriages, God of giving up
heaven and earth are full of your glory of blood clots
breast of cancer, laceration,
homeless man hunkering down, hand held out
hosanna in the highest of homeless man
of surgeon trembling, hand then steady
hours on verandah drip into hours in hospital lobby
blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord in hospital lobby
scar of david, scar of jilted youth, scar of scar
let it hunger no more after feasting on heart
hosanna in the highest feasting on heart
blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord
hosanna in the highest feasting on heart.
Annelies Zijderveld authored Steeped: Recipes Infused with Tea (Andrews McMeel). A former contributing editor at Poetry International, her writing appears in Los Angeles Review of Books, MER, and others. She is interviews editor of The Rumpus and lives in Oakland.
