The Troll Queen's Bride
Freida
She puts honey in her hair like it’s her wedding day
for the bees, for the boys, for her father
all golden and dripping, champagne-sweet
lightningbug lady and queen of June.
They call her Dainty Feet, Sweetheart of Main Street
she likes to dance on the village green in choir circles
singing “I’m holy, I’m heavenly, I’m His.” All the men
watch as her ankles move like wind-ripple water.
She ain’t dancing for them, though, she dances for more
than Man can touch, higher places, where the redhawk soars
for she is tall as mountains, summer goddess, Elphame Queen.
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