Tag: sin
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Edicts of Saint Benedict the germaphobe
St Benedict’s edicts Whom time repealed Archaic, mayhaps draconian Strictures governing shoe removal And hand hygiene amongst priests Whom breaded flesh grasp leavened Glory uproarious during the offertory Droning gospels like distant hornets Before the monstrance Iconic Ur-consciousness Golden incense censers furling Redolent furlongs afar Farflung by Boreas, well-lunged.
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Baptize me thrice
Sinful wretch, me My mother’s ire Fetch me a priest. For vile arm frisk me I must be dipped Soap these lips Saying sin only. Drinking fistfuls of lustrating water Wretch mocked most sinful A tutting priest in garb austere Gleaming bowl brings from piscina. Dripping, lifted from the graven situla Argent aspergil, handle fresh…
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Police Search
If you see anything, shout halloa We dragged a Toyota Corolla from the creek Dredged it but no body We’ll spend the night combing The area like shell collectors A lot to mull over, pulling out old case files Dust on the boxes, recalling old names, Giles Rasdie a local had been always grasping at…
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