Lot’s Wife
I always get confused.
I think it’s Lot’s
turning back that turned
her to salt. A whole
pillar of it. I always think
he’s an Orpheus of sorts,
though Orpheus was
gorgeous and a knockout
on his lute. But Lot?
There’s not a whole
lot we can say in his favor.
I have to think his wife
had a name other than
Lot’s wife, that she
might have looked back
to glimpse the life she
had before him, before
he offered her daughters
to that mob, before
what lay ahead—
Lot himself with their
daughters, Lot telling
everyone how blameless
he was. And her conversion?
You can see why a woman
might opt for what she did—
a mineral goats or camels
could lick, a stinging Lot
could do nothing with.
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