ANNE DONNE: LID ON THE POT

ANNE DONNE:
LID ON THE POT


MY BELOVED JOHN, THIS IS JUST A QUICK NOTE
THAT YOUR DINNER IS READY, AS IT HAS BEEN
COOKING FOR HOURS ALREADY STEADY.
IT IS A RARE SHOULDER OF A LAMB WITH
MY CHOCOLATE SAUCE AS A SPECIAL TREAT
THAT I COOKED BETWEEN BREASTFEEDS
ALTHOUGH MY BREASTS ARE SORE, BUT THEN,
EVEN IF WE WERE ABLE TO AFFORD A MILK BOTTLE
TEAT, I WOULD NOT HAVE IT ANY OTHER WAY.

BUT THE CHILDREN AND ME WE SO WISH, YOU
WOULD SIT AND EAT WITH US NOW, AS WE ARE
ALL WAITING FOR THEE IN ANTICIPATION AND
YOU SHOULD SEE THEIR FACES - THEY ARE GLOWING
FOR THEE AND THY MANY STORIES IN GOD'S
INFINITE LIGHT'S RAY.

I KNOW, I AM JUST YOUR LITTLE WIFELET,
AND YOU ARE THE SON OF GOD BEGET,
BUT I SO MISS THY COMPANY, WHEN YOU
ARE AWAY OR WHEN YOU ARE GOING WITH
THY OLD 'FRIENDS' GO IN ANOTHER MIND'S
WORLD ASTRAY, AND I KNOW OBEDIENCE AND
HUMILITY CAN GET BORING, BUT I KNOW,
AS THOSE 'LADIES' DID NEVER LIKE YOUR SNORING,
AND THEY ALSO COMMIT FOR MANY A REASON
AGAINST THEE AND ME AND OUR HOLY FAMILY
RIGHT INTO MY FACE HIGH TREASON WITH
GREATES PLEASURE, AS THEY BELONG TO THE DEVIL
AND THEY HAVE SWORN TO COMMIT AGAINST US
EVERY EVIL TO DESTROY OUR FAMILY, OUR MOST
PRECIOUS HEAVENLY TREASURE.

I KNOW I AM NOT AS PRETTY AS THEM, I ONLY
KISSED IN HEAVEN YOUR KINGLY ROBE'S HEM,
AND I ADORE THEE WITH ALL THY NAMES,
AND WILL NEVER STRAY FROM SERVING SECRETLY
JEJA, EL SHADDAI, JEHOVAH. AND NEITHER DOTH THOU,
BUT THESE UNHOLY DAMES MAKE IT LIKE THAT SOUND,
WHEN THEY BOAST ABOUT KNOWING THEE, THEIR 'JACK',
BUT YOU AND ME AND GOD KNOW THAT THEY DO IN
ANY KIND OF REAL KNOWLEDGE AND HOLINESS
LACK, AND THEY THROW EVEN PURPOSEFULLY UNTO
ME AND MY FRIENDS THEIR PETTY COINS TO PICKE THEM
UP FOR HUMILIATION ONTO THE GROUND.

BUT I DO PRAY FOR THEM, AS THEY DO NOT KNOW,
THAT ONE DAY THEY WILL MEET FACE TO FACE
JEJA, EL SHADDAI, JEHOVAH, AND THEE, MY LORD
EMMANUEL, AND THEN THEY HAVE TO ANSWER,
WHY THEY HAVE BETRAYED THEIR OWN PEOPLE
ISRAEL BY CALLING THE HOLY TRINITY HASHEM.

I DO NOT MIND THEM CALLING ME PLEM-PLEM
AND SILLY ONLY BECAUSE I LOVE THEE OVER
THE BRIM, AND WILL NEVER GIVE UP OUR
HOLY FAMILY CREED AND CATHOLIC HYMN.
YOU KNEW, WHEN YOU MARRIED ME THAT
IT WOULD NOT BE EASY AND I DO NOT COMPLAIN
THAT I HAD TO GIVE UP FOR THEE MY
WORLDLY HERITAGE, WHICH MY FATHER
CONSIDERED MY DESTINY.

YOU KNEW, WHEN YOU MARRIED ME,
THAT WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET,
AND IT WAS THOU, WHO WANTED ME TO
SHINE NEXT TO THEE, AND YOU AND ME
NEVER ONCE HAVE A MOMENT, IN WHICH
WE OVER THIS FROWN AND FRET.

BUT THE LAMB IS SLOWLY GETTING ALL TO
WELL DONE IN THE POT, AND THE BABY
IS WAITING TO BE TENDED TO ALSO IN THE COT.
I KNOW, YOU ARE BUSY AND NEEDED BY ALL,
SO I JUST PUT THIS NOTE UNDER THY DOOR,
SO THAT YOU CAN PICK IT UP IN GOD'S GOOD TIME
FROM YOUR FLOOR IN THY HOUSE.

I WAIT FOR THEE AS LONG AS IT TAKES,
EVEN IF LEFT OVER FROM THE SPECIAL TREAT
WILL BE MERELY SCRAPS AND FLAKES.
AS I TRY TO FEED MEANWHILE IN THY ABSENCE
THE TEN THOUSAND, AS YOU HAVE ASKED ME TO.
AND I RUN BETWEEN ROUNDS FROM ONE CORNER
TO THE EARTH TO THE OTHER TO GET THE SPECIAL
OFFERS, AS A WORLDLY  MAJESTY OBVIOUSLY DOTH
NOT FEED ANYMORE THE NEEDY FROM THEIR COFFERS,
TO MAKE ENDS MEET.

AND I PRAY THAT ONE DAY YOU CAN FORGET THE
NIGHTMARE OF SEEING ALL DEAD IN FRONT OF THINE EYES,
WHEN THOU ESCAPEST YET ANOTHER DISASTROUS
ADVENTURE'S FLEET.
OH, HOW I PRAY THAT I CAN SOON KISS AGAIN
INDEFINITELY IN OUR KITCHEN HEARTH
AND PRIVATE ROOM THY FEET -

AS I SO MISS THEE,
MY ETERNAL SPOUSE, AND I SO LOVED OUR SECRET
WEDDING AND THAT IS WHAT I WAS THINKING,
WHILST I WAS LIFTED UP BY GOD TO HEAVEN
AND FROM MY BODY WITH MY SOUL WAS SHEDDING,
WITH YOU HOLDING OUR PRECIOUS  STILLBORN
CHILD IN UTMOST AGONY AND TEARS AND I WISH
I COULD HAVE TAKEN YOU IN MY ARMS AND TAKEN
AWAY THY ANXIETY AND FEARS.

BUT LATER I SAW FROM HEAVEN AND WAS
EVER SO PROUD OF THEE, HOW THOU DIDST
FLOURISH AND BLOSSOM IN MY MEMORY
TO HEAL ALL MAN-MADE RIFTS, AND THOU
DIDST INDEED BRING ABOUT MANY FUTURE
SHIFTS.

AND, MY BELOVED, I KNOW IT IS OUR FATE
THAT WE HAVE TO CONQUER AGAIN AND AGAIN
THE WORLD UNTIL FOR THE DEVIL FINALLY
COMES THE LAST NOTE AS WE WILL USE AGAINST
THE VENOM OF THE EVIL SNAKE ONCE AND FOR ALL
OFFICIALLY THE RIGHT ANTI-DOTE, AND THEN FOR
THE DEVIL TO STOP HIS FINAL FALL IT IS
- THANKS BE TO GOD - TOO LATE:

AND THAT IS SIMPLY TO LOVE EACH OTHER AND
OUR FAMILY WITH GOD'S BLESSINGS AND MIGHT
AS THAT IS THE ONLY POWER THAT LEADS US TO HIS
INFINITE LIGHT.

THY LITTLE WIFE
WHO BEGS THY FORGIVENESS,
IF I HAVE NOT BEEN ENTIRELY
SELFLESS, WHEN I WISHED I COULD HAVE
YOU ALL TO MYSELF, INSTEAD OF HAVING
TO BEAR THE COMPANY OF THOSE, WHO WANTED
YOU OUT OF THE BOOKSHELF AND OUT OF MY LIFE
AND WHO WERE ALTOGETHER OUT FOR OUR KILL,
AND WHO DID EVEN SPY ON OUR WINDOW SILL.

ANNO DOMINI 31ST OCTOBER MMIX
Mother Sigrid Eliora

Mother Sigrid Eliora
Mother Superior
Abbey of the Holy Rose