The Martyrs
collage and watersoluble crayons in altered book
9 3/8 x 11 3/4 inches
The Martyrs (a found poem)
Empty martyrs,
blind guides,
maddening to pin down;
Wildly inconsistent
but others only pretended piety.
Questions divided
to find a clear answer,
Rituals culminated
in spite of all this,
Convincingly argued,
they celebrated
as a sacrament
such contradictions.
red paper boat 