spontaneous like kerouac

frustrations mount

let them boil over

on the skin of john

like water that scars

let me share

in the sufferings

of Christ on Calvary

let me have it

the thing i don't

know what i'm asking for

The older girls were expert at building it into pompadours with ringlets at ear and nape. Sylvie crossed her legs at the ankles and read magazines. When she got sleepy she would go off to her room and take a nap, and come down to supper with her gorgeous hair rumpled and awry. Nothing could induce vanity in her.

Housekeeping

Marilynne Robinson