Ruins

Ruins

 

Here the king’s men came

and killed the pope’s men

and sacked the church

whose creed required good works

in addition to the merciful grace of God.

 

Aloof, the ruins stand witness,

crumbling more gracefully than dogma.

 

This is who we are, this is what we do,

a justifying joy on either hand.

 

Ad majoram Dei gloriam.

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Cousin Ben
[this is good]
Have a very happy and healthy 69th birthday, Buck! Don't burn down the neighborhood with all those damn cake candles! Better mail one to big Jim, so he can eat it!
Bev Jackson
[いいですね]
Birthday? Blog? Ruins? Hear! Hear! I find out things the damnest ways.

Happy Birthday! Great to know you're older than me. GREAT.

I'm off to read the rest of this find.


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