Sister Anne Robb Writes a Letter
Higgins, Anne
Sister Anne Robb Writes a Letter Having turned in my stamps, signed on to silence, I dream the old friends open their empty mailboxes. In dreams, they come to visit, dressed oddly, staring...
...In dreams, they shout out to me from the other end of the church...
...Anne Higgins...
...Anne Higginself...
...I trace their names in the sand of my palm and God washes them into himself...
...In dreams, they come to visit, dressed oddly, staring and shy...
Vol. 129 • October 2002 • No. 17
