*Catbabe*
falling in between
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Hey Ange!! It doesn't have giraffes but...
it was inspired by your words.
The Pieta
The tourist-talk outside St. Peter’s
merged like tributaries
into a meaningless sea
of pigeon-people and plastic
beads that offered pardon
as if it had a price.
It was almost time and I was thirsty.
I stepped into a spring
of silence, lit with candle-souls
that carved doves from
darkness, drawing me
across mosaic to stand
at his feet. My bleeding
palm covered countless others
who bathed his foot in passion
and drank from his cup,
tasting vinegar and wine.
Comments good, bad and ugly are welcome, as always.
(Except Patrick isn't allowed to say he doesn't like the word carved. )
it was inspired by your words.
The Pieta
The tourist-talk outside St. Peter’s
merged like tributaries
into a meaningless sea
of pigeon-people and plastic
beads that offered pardon
as if it had a price.
It was almost time and I was thirsty.
I stepped into a spring
of silence, lit with candle-souls
that carved doves from
darkness, drawing me
across mosaic to stand
at his feet. My bleeding
palm covered countless others
who bathed his foot in passion
and drank from his cup,
tasting vinegar and wine.
Comments good, bad and ugly are welcome, as always.
(Except Patrick isn't allowed to say he doesn't like the word carved. )
No bars. 
