Thursday, June 12, 2014

Uzzen Sheerah


His daughter Sheerah, who built both
Lower & Upper Beth-horon and Uzzen Sheerah
—I Chronicles 7:24


Not enough, just one line—
     I want to clothe Sheerah
           in a story
         give her a face
I want to hear her words.
I want to know the shape of—
the breath of 
this place on the map.
I want to walk
the zigzag of roads—
I want to look hard
at materials she used
test their malleability
their strength
 
I mean to ask if she dreamt of settlements, of thresholds— instead I read the line again and again, until I feel at home in Uzzen Sheerah Magic of names—
Uzzen Sheerah Uzzen Sheerah

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