
Donika Kelly — In the Chapel of St. Mary’s
Poetry Unbound
The You Is the Wife That She Loves
"In the chapel of saint mary's by jenica kelly, i can't tell you why i entered the sanctuary an unbeliever," she writes. "My thoughts turn, as they often do in this season of absence, to my wife and how tired a god can get when called." The poem culminates towards the end with this exquisite usage of the word 'you', which is often a word that you can associate with prayer.
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