The old man asked. Old man. Maybe my age “The original is carefully put away; This one I ordered off the amazon” His wooden stick was leaned against the pew
His grown children glanced disapprovingly At two old dudes whispering during Mass After the Eucharist, before the hymn And the “Go in peace to love and serve the Lord”
He said he burned his Marine Corps sea bag when he got home, but somehow you could tell it hadn’t helped