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Old Cathedral

A POEM

By T.J. Kelly | October 1983

This granite faith was pressed against the sky

And, wonder, stood alone;

The truth of God translated for the eye,

A massive, silent prayer in stone.

Fragments on the Death of a Muskrat

Ballpeened by a bumper,

Struck down by steel,

Bowled hard over pavement,

Done in with…

Thaws

Around our March balcony tonight
Fog closes its slight hand — illusive blue —

The Will

I’ve heard of those on milk and honey fed

But when I set about to…