AFTER DIVORCE, I BECAME A LUNA
Three messengers outside east gate howled in dust, lonely howl but learning pack howl.
We ate crowning soup from baby Tree leaves, cure soup that calms early awakening for hundred girls, not just war soup, Luna soup.
Jo, ten, stood on bench and said, "Luna Gwen real arms again, Luna crown again, after divorce became Luna again, after eighteen years as stars became Luna again, after seven days as lights inside Lady Josie became Luna again."
Mira said, "And baby Tree three feet tall grows from Luna's old blood that council said cursed and buried, now makes soup for hundred girls."