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a poem by Julene Tripp Weaver
Honor in Flames
She tattooed the word 'earth' in script
across her belly, tattooed 'H2O'
on the shaved side of her head.
She tattooed 'HONOR' --
each letter on a toe of her right foot.
Next, she plans flames traveling
the length of her legs. She lived in a
tree for a year, breathed to it at night --
a large Sequoia whose sap penetrated
her bones. She is on fire and will burn
like Joan.
across her belly, tattooed 'H2O'
on the shaved side of her head.
She tattooed 'HONOR' --
each letter on a toe of her right foot.
Next, she plans flames traveling
the length of her legs. She lived in a
tree for a year, breathed to it at night --
a large Sequoia whose sap penetrated
her bones. She is on fire and will burn
like Joan.
© by Julene Tripp Weaver
Gutter Eloquence Magazine ~ Issue #17 ~ September 2011