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Votive
Saint Joseph’s Oratory, Montreal.Between the crypt and dark magmatic rockof the mountain’s flank, along a blue-domed hallone hundred four feet long, I slowly walk.Ex-votos hanging on the chapel wall—canes...
When
For man also knoweth not his time. (Ecclesiastes) n the silver cord the broken lamp the overboard the firedamp the golden bowl the unbeknown the grassy knoll the chicken...
The Red Beads: At the Maldonado Flea Market, Uruguay
Among the pipes and pulleys, sacks and seeds, there is a necklace made of crimson beads. Great care was taken that it catch the eye of plain-clad fernandinas passing...
Eleven
players on a soccer team stars in Joseph’s second dream odd reversible and prime dimensions (counting space and time) pipers piping salt (Na) month day hour Veteran’s Day goat’s...
Kyrielle
For moments when they questioned me and I replied indifferently, or wished I’d practiced birth control, may God have mercy on my soul. For little mouths washed out with...
Niagara
How slowly the majestic river flows, deceptive in its undulating roll; for suddenly it loses all control, collapsing to the thunderous depths below. Niagara Falls! No peaceful water hole...