Cotton Mather
I have indeed set myself to countermine the whole plot of
the Devil against New England, in every Branch of it, as
far as one of my Darkness can comprehend such a Work
of Darkness.
—Cotton Mather, Wonders of the Invisible World
Eac [...]
Boxed in: these trials
you arrange yourself safe world
of your own creation courtroom of buckled faces
sweet smell of glue window offering a field of writing paper
tongue depressor Reverend toothpick girls
each muslin dress an edge
of kitchen curtai [...]
Circle of Light:
inside my world turns safely miniature and a cart clatters over
gravel to drag the narrative out of that century
Pine Table:
book as big as a matchbox keeps the past contained and bordered
by a blue-edged mourning paper
Glass Room:
s [...]
1.
His letters must be read backwards in the mirror,
the sheets of rice paper Alice folds carefully
in a drawer so her father will not find them.
The Reverend offers an invitation: come to my room to see
the photographs. The girls in confirmation gow [...]
Even now, my father's voice travels far
In the silence and my mother is driving
Away from us, growing smaller, smaller.
My mother is about to disappear.
I could take you there, to where the story
Opens, to the house where each night [...]
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