Tuesday, 22 April 2025

22nd April 2025


 


paddling a dinghy

along a night-dark canal

cancelled jiu-jitsu


© Rachel Green April 2025


V.VII


One thing she learned attending Catholic school

was God prefers tradition over art

and that Latin was religion's greatest tool

to cut through the detritus of the heart.

For while the pastors tell you that he hears

the prayers of every child at their bed

He is the God of Judgement and of Fears

and cares not for the living or the dead.

The only way to send a needful prayer

was stepped in ritual based on Jewish lore

and contact with the ranks of angels there

depended on the faith of those before.


© Rachel Green April 2025


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