As a child
I put my finger in the fire
to become
a saint.As a teenager
every day I would knock my head against the wall.As a young girl
I went out through a window of a garret
to the roof
in order to jump.As a woman
I had lice all over my body.
They cracked when I was ironing my sweater.I waited sixty minutes
to be executed.
I was hungry for six years.Then I bore a child,
they were carving me
without putting me to sleep.Then a thunderbolt killed me
three times and I had to rise from the dead three times
without anyone’s help.Now I am resting
after three resurrections.
I put my finger in the fire
to become
a saint.As a teenager
every day I would knock my head against the wall.As a young girl
I went out through a window of a garret
to the roof
in order to jump.As a woman
I had lice all over my body.
They cracked when I was ironing my sweater.I waited sixty minutes
to be executed.
I was hungry for six years.Then I bore a child,
they were carving me
without putting me to sleep.Then a thunderbolt killed me
three times and I had to rise from the dead three times
without anyone’s help.Now I am resting
after three resurrections.








