Sunday, April 2, 2023

16,195. MANOMUR AND THEODOSIUS

MANOMUR AND THEODOSIUS
Five saints have lived and died here,
each from far-flung places. Amidst 
these trees and ringing bells, the white
garlands and bricked lanes held them.
The cattle in the monks' fields groaned
and moaned their noises, stepping up
the clatter only as the needs arose. The
gracefully-topped barns stood steady:
storms and greats winds ripping the
landscape but damaging nothing.
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Iconoclasts were disallowed. The years
passed, quietly and steady; like the
strumming of some Greek guitar.

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