Mannequin Envy
a journal of visual and literary arts
~fall 2006 ~
| A Lady in the Bath with Angels Ever since that lady on the ‘Late, Late Show’ said that an angel makes itself know through the appearance of a white feather, every which way I turn I’m seeing white feathers. At present a tiny one is sitting on my miniature word-jotting-down note book. I have up to ten others in various hideaways about the house. The lady said that her first angels appeared to her while she was in the bath. They weren’t tiny nor floaty but 6 feet tall, hunky and blonde. She said that people don’t want to hear about angels being so big and that we’ve got to shed pre-conceived notions about angels. The interviewer said that people nowadays would fear seeing white feathers about the place and only think of bird flu and how risky it is to sit around lakes and swan-watch. The Lady thinks that angels won’t come unless we ask them to. She says they will do anything for us but we have to summons them. She says we each have an angel and that they want to save the world but they stay quiet until we believe in them. I want to believe in angels. But gathering white feathers makes me feel too possessive. I’d like to let them go but how do I learn to mouth something significant to an Angel? |