Rosa Mystica Branigan
Sister of the Blessed Sacrament
85 at least

dynamo of love       smiling eyes behind
octagon wire-rims

hugger of everyone
be they saint  or sinner or stumbler

this wee celibate grandmother
in a powder-blue cardigan
always unbuttoned above her chemise

and over her heart
a chalice-and-Host pendant

the elements she could not consecrate