Friday, April 10, 2015

Short Pieces--Part 6

Magic Tricks

Like a conjuror,
Spring
Distracts our eyes
From mud
Covered
Reality
To prove illusions

After Easter

When
The mass of lilies smothering the altar
Has been removed,
The hangings
With quotations relevant
To the occasion
Have been hidden in the back closet,
Bulletins are printed
Not on pastel but
Again on plain
White
Paper
He still is risen

Distance

People
With no faces
Follow dusty paths
I cannot see.

What One Does with Philosophy

I met today
A monastery gardener
With a barrow
And the world in his mouth.

I Am Human, Too

Quite,
He says with
A twist of the lips
That does little enough
To reassure.

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