{"id":3055,"date":"2013-09-29T10:24:29","date_gmt":"2013-09-29T07:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/?p=3055"},"modified":"2013-10-01T18:53:17","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T15:53:17","slug":"mary-ascending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magdalenabiela.com\/?p=3055","title":{"rendered":"Mary Ascending"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mary Ascending<\/strong><\/p>\n

Eight couplets for your tale Magdalena
Antognetti, model for the Pilrgim\u2019s Mary,<\/p>\n

Infant in your arms, your face in afternoon sun
haloed by whispers: Trysts with Monsignor<\/p>\n

Crescenzi, and Cardinal Montalto; shadows
cast by courtesan\u2019s mantle in Corso\u2019s grey hours.<\/p>\n

Drowned woman from Tiber risen, so the story\u2019s
told, you return to the living to portray Mary Dead.<\/p>\n

Laying your body out, your limbs are washed
with vinegar. But staring at the assembled host<\/p>\n

from painted eyes, it\u2019s the countenance of a whore
they recognise, and cover your face with cloth.<\/p>\n

Gathered in St Agostini\u2019s floodlit chapel, Nokias
and Leicas now congregate at your feet. Standing tip-toe<\/p>\n

at the doorstep, red dress taut against your thigh,
your eyes are upturned, as if you could fly.<\/p>\n

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Gershon Holtz<\/blockquote><\/em><\/p>\n

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