There is a painting of Salome with the head
Of Saint John on a golden dish. Her look
Is unmistakable: love -- deep and tender love;
Her eyes are soft beneath her broad-brimmed hat
(There is apparently a convention
That Salomes wear wonderful big hats
While examining severed heads. So do Judiths).
"Oh John, John, my foolish, lovely John!
Look what you've made me do to you!"
Today's essay assignment: remembering,
That the ways of God are past understanding,
Assume Salome is invited to be a saint.
Of what, of whom, is she to be patron?
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