Am I required to believe
In the uncorruption of saints,
The Mother’s timeless womb?
There is limit, even if limit
Is never drawn. (I cannot
Give an instance of every rule.)
I don’t know what ‘believe in’ means
In the vast majority of cases,
Which is to say I think it enough
To acknowledge the glamour of words –
Relic, body, bone – I think
Mystery is laid in syllables, syntax,
Miracle a kind of grammar,
Milk to train the tongue.