Tag: monastery
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Monkbutchery
In hand time’s sands, closely examined Found wanting in final accounting Upon barred churchdoors hammering Black Shuck against timbers flinging Inside, weeping priests pray deliverance Cradling pale monstrance, trailing snot Eve unseen since Vikings came reaving. Hiding in a roundtower’s highest floor Up where eagles soar Praying hands sore, clasping red beads In his robes,…
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Relaxation of Oaths
Polluted mind once pristine prints indexed miseries to fill days In misericord order rules relax, habit sinching chords slacken Robes slash open, regal sashes slung chairback over roaring fires Pewter mugs with flickback lid tops Hop scent, chestnut coloured Apples orpiment, alluring as snakerolleds old Hob sent.
Alchemisland 