I thought of things I might do with my heart. Should I make it into a month like October, A chalice for the sad madness of leaves That I might raise in homage to the year’s end?
Should I make it into a small white church in
A country-place where bells are childhood prayers? Or a backroom of a brothel in Dublin Where the trade of somethinglikelove endures?
Should I make it a judge to judge itself? Or a caring face in a memory-storm? Or a bed
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For Judas dreaming of the tree: ‘There now, there now, rest as best you can, Darling, rest your treacherous head And when you’ve rested, come home to me.’ [15]
GLOSSARY [4] homage: tribute
[12] Judas: Judas Iscariot who betrayed Jesus Christ. The name ‘Judas’ is synonymous with betrayal.
[14] treacherous: guilty of betrayal or deception
GLOSSARY
[3] chalice: large cup; wine cup used in the Christian Eucharist
