Tuesday, April 14, 2015

6607. MEN MAKE HAVOC

MEN MAKE HAVOC
The leaded glass was all over the street and the
workers were aghast. 'We're supposed to be
restoring this church, not wrecking it, goddamn!'
I watched some folks pick up shards  -  'I want a
good St. Stephen!', one said. Another sat on the
ground, almost crying but staring  -  anyway,
yes, the window had come flying our of the
second-level height and shattered on the ground.
It came out as a unit, fooling me. I'd figured, if
it broke, it would fall in separate pieces; the color
breaks of all that stained glass. Prayers to the left
of me, prayers to the right; how many years of
supplication had just hit the ground?

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