Pour out your power and your glory
at the Spanish Pentecostal service
oh great poinsettias!
las labias, shiny red lips
heart-shaped leaves floating in a smoky teacup
blood squeezed from thorns
resting on a green laurel head.
Rush to fill us with sweet caresses
of lips on mouth, las labias otra vez
cheeks bright red
the naked apparition in the bed
la vida viene nueva
la vida vieja se va
guard each fetal body
asleep on the frosty tomb.
Oh tear-drop faces blush again
send us the secret spirit of your bloom
burst bright to restore each bloody drop
each life lived again then drained away
make us sheath the blood-stained saber.
Oh poinsettias, bless us coming and going!
Blushes in the cup pressed against our lips.
ORIGINAL COMMENT
Ode to Poinsettias
by Thomas D. Jones
Pour out your power and your glory
at the Spanish Pentecostal service
oh great poinsettias!
las labias, shiny red lips
heart-shaped leaves floating in a smoky teacup
blood squeezed from thorns
resting on a green laurel head.
Rush to fill us with sweet caresses
of lips on mouth, las labias otra vez
cheeks bright red
the naked apparition in the bed
la vida viene nueva
la vida vieja se va
guard each fetal body
asleep on the frosty tomb.
Oh tear-drop faces blush again
send us the secret spirit of your bloom
burst bright to restore each bloody drop
each life lived again then drained away
make us sheath the blood-stained saber.
Oh poinsettias, bless us coming and going!
Blushes in the cup pressed against our lips.