THREE VIRGINS

THREE VIRGINS

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In the painting

the Virgin

supported by cherubs

floats

above

the

severed

hands feet

&

thorn-wrapped

heart

of

her son.

Robed in black

hands folded
her

heart
has been

pierced

by

a

thin
blade.

She looks

to the right

and down
her gaze is soft.

The only blood - her son's.

Marginalia:  An empty cross draped with Veronica's veil, a ladder, a staff topped with a balled up, blood smeared cloth, a crowing rooster.