A tool to induce replacement
of anyone –
& humiliation will
welt
[as red-bloodied marks
on a playing flesh] –
Benedetta’s
sins visited three times under
interrogations
[Tuscany’s cries
for truth left a scarring] –
Time
was not her friend under love
& amends –
A gelid cell –
stone-
burn on skin –
repentance left
to be reported
[by dear others
& often men] –
scapular taken
to punish foul women
[Carlini
removed under her sentence]