Opposed and Persecuted in the World

Your laughter rises from our bed
In the dark and produces wings and flies
From the ceiling to the window and out
Into the street beyond the tree we planted
Up over the roofs of every house without
Lamb’s blood upon the door taking

The breath from the firstborns’ mouths with it as it grows
Larger than the memory of night the tears in our eyes
Moistening the pillows as we finally have our revenge