Monday, April 20, 2026

poem

 Easter

Easter occupies the realm 

ordinarily reserved for poetry

Only its believers prefer

 the term mystery

A place where faith is not certainty

but hope is the consolation

Where a light unveils everything

we otherwise choose not see 

Where the pale old man in the pew

cachectic and frail

Receives his final blessings

neither yes or no, false or true

Any poet who visits this cathedral

fancies himself a theologian 

If death cannot destroy love

then what does it matter

If there is a return of the flesh?


4/20/26

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