INVOCATION

David Kuyat
Aug 24, 2017 · 1 min read

Stained saints and earnest cracks

Simple formats and holy water

Songs from the frayed Hymnbook stacks

Preaching in the cedar larder

The Study Room swoons with inky markers

Archway books and musty magazines

a broken carousel and several barkers

plywood blocks bright blues and greens

On Sunday, Wendy was confused

“Gloria Patri is a parish member!”

and Little Ed made paper cubes

from the leftover papers in the pews

folded shaped and pressed and blown

Around the middle of December

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David Kuyat

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