First communion of a Sunday morning

created by izubachi

(idea) by izubachi (21.1 hr) (print) ? (I like it!) Wed Dec 10 2003 at 4:54:05

Cool candy-colored panes
filter feeble Sunday light.
Dim glimmering altar dressings
under candles, flicker-lit,
who whisper of times darker
in caves seeped with the smell
of burial rags; death's incense.

Voices in prayer, trembling
with fear of God
and man.

But a child does not know this,
of relics and requiems;
stirrings of the past.
He lacks their understanding.

The vestments are bright,
their bearers, cheerful.
Voices in pleasant song
know not fear
nor ecstasy.

Still such silhouette whispers
as may be found in candle-light
caress the boy's ears
with gentle intensity.

The priest's own drone
fades behind flame murmurings
"This is my body..."
which was given up for

While you were waiting, God vacated the premises	Too young to be nostalgic, too old to be naive	Street Moses ( nothingventured )	Because he feared the turn of seasons
1.) Everything is beautiful; 2.) Except me	Zeitgeist	The Last Supper	This sudden gust of gravity
Do you mind if I crash on yr stained glass couch for, like, ever?	Brief Lives	Son of "Intellectually Bludgeon Your Faith"	Dead people are not sleeping. They are dead.
We were always coming back	Theophobia	Critical skills for the modern reader	An accident impatient to happen
Diners Club	A series of hurtful parables	Defenders of the Hate	Amid the Midwest, they wait
March 28, 2004	Geistflügel	Ritual vigil for the bridge between worlds	Wisdom teeth

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