1 (scenario) high on a pillow sits with bandaged hands & feet her double sits beside her dressed like her large lighted candles vessels with burning oil guard against the demons on a table stands a basket filled with eggs & flour rue is fastened to her headdress 2 (the song) is mercy's hour now o devils fade o devils in the hills of China diving in its sea green rue adorns her head o moon stretch out your hands for baubles for rejoicing younger days stretch out your hands for coloring the custom of the girls Used with the permission of Copper Canyon Press, P.O. Box 271, Port Townsend, WA 98368-0271, www.cc.press.org |