[32] Biography Clips With Landscape, Paul Cordeiro

 

The Bishop’s neighbor
from Worcester hills,
she’s schooled
by nuns and Elvis.
But then she moves
from a gum snapping
schoolgirl who pops off
like bottled fizz
to a dancer muse
with crescent lips,
braless grammarian
and body-surfing mermaid
who’s white wine warmed.
Add yoga pants
and a mottled face
from under a wide worn brim–
she winks.