Sunday, April 20, 2008

Tin tabernacle

"C'mon thunder"
James' call peals
Off moulded iron
Awned by night

Leafy wreaths
Gathered at his feet
Pass tiny threads of blood

Evidence, if needed,
Of weeping

The roof's return
Remains mute while
Four pads on tin
Gently find their beam

He won't get down now
Till he's heard
What he's come to learn:
A single awful clap.

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