Even though both Magdalene poems were written recently (both poets were born mid-1900s), this one feel much more modern. The phrases are experimental and even though this one, like yesterday's is non-direct with the meaning, I like it better here, since this poem is non-linear and isn't trying to tell you a story so much as get a feeling across.
What I get from the poem is something of a couple (see how many times a word is repeated - all those couples) that can never quite make a match. There is always something blocking the connection. And it sucks - 'beaten and broken', but there doesn't seem a way around the disconnect. It even ends with the fact that they (or one or the other) are 'untouchable' and that that is actually 'fortunate[ly]'.
So maybe you see Mary Magdalene and Jesus and maybe it's for the best that they were both, in their ways, 'untouchable fortunately, / untouchable'.
Favorite line: "already beaten and broken / peaceful if breaking if breaking / and entering the already broken is peaceful"
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