All For Nothing

so there's this sense of impending doom in the room with us right now

sorry, if your veneration and love of Mary comes ONLY because of her virginity and because of her womb, and not because of her loving nature, not because her charity and humility and devotion and strength of faith, not because she was so good in her humanity that she was singled out by God, not because she dedicated herself to her Son despite knowing her heart would be pierced— not because she was a good person, but because you see her as a walking untainted vagina and incubator— you don’t love the mother of God for herself, just for her body parts.

“THE BODY was found       haloed by flies—& I looked beautiful

in their thousands of eyes.              Didn’t I?”

- Michael Wasson, A Soliloquy Would Imply That the Stage Is Empty.

vintage postcard from unknown photographer