Lawrence Hall
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                            First Communion in the Virus-Time

                                                For Veronica

                                           True Ikon of the Lord

A little girl’s mantilla is a crown
A crown an empress might covet for herself
Wore she not her own First Communion mantilla
Forever within the recesses of her heart

A little girl’s white cotton dress is a robe
A royal robe of courtly majesty,
Worn in the presence of her Lord and King

A little ******* First Communion day
Awes even the angels in her imperium