Sister Baby's First Patron Saint Prayer

Being a Verse of a Larger Story

nigh’ long sister
baby prays to her
patron saint of snake
and magenta
boas
to take her
takes her a
way
all night long
pray
that tire tree don
‘t fall
don’t fall
on his leg
don’t fall
on his arm
Matildé she call
her saint of snakes
and flashy
bright pink
boas
Matildé she pray
let that tire tree
don’t fall on
his back
don’t fall
on his foot
or hand
but on his
tire head let
that tire tree
fall on his tire
head
and kill him
kill him
and hit
hit
hit
hiss
all around his
dead tire
tree head
and takes
me away
Matildé
takes me
far
far away
but not be
for he’s
dead
but when
then
takes me away
in my poor
poor pink
boa

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