[ave maria]

our lady who crushes serpents
our lady of lamentation
our lady full of grace whose weeping statues bleed,
our lady who makes the sun dance, pray for us

our lady of salt pilgrimage
our lady of building demolition
our lady of crack houses
santa maría, madre de dios, pray for us sinners

our lady of unbroken hymen
preteen vessel of god’s seed,
your uterus is a blessed receptacle.

our lady of neon strip joints
our lady of blowjobs in kerouac alley
our lady of tricked out street kids, pray for us

blessed mother of cholo tattoos
you are the tightest homegirl

our lady of filas and lipliner
our lady of viernes santo procession
our lady of garbage- sifting toothless men
our lady of urban renewal’s blight

pray for us sinners ipanalangin n’yo kaming makasalanan
now and at the hour ngayon at kung
of our death kami ay mamamatay

amen