The Marriage Feast at Cana
"You do not seem to realize that beauty is a liability rather than an asset." Marianne Moore Nary a flask of new wine from the hand of the Savior could bring a flush of happiness to her cheek. She would be like the water, transformed in miraculous fashion to fruit before it is plucked. Like the plates of the revelers, she is empty, picked clean. Were that a woman like a man instead of a fatted calf displayed before the market, pinched and prodded for plumpness, good bones and pink flesh her undoing. Janette Schafer Janette Schafer is a freelance writer and photographer living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is a 2017 awardee of the Maenad Fellowship in writing through Chatham University and a 2015 awardee of the Arts MODE Fellowship in experimental theater through New Sun Rising LLC. Recent and upcoming publications include: (b)oink Magazine; Nasty Women & Bad Hombres Anthology; Chatham University broadsides; PublicSource; Calamus Journal.
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May 2025
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