Twas there they convened
framed by a doorway
a triangular composition
with gods light shining
on their grey and balding heads.
an oratio ad contemplatio
of an evening.

mature poets steal
immature poets borrow

yesterday silent in church
silent again tomorrow

life itself as suffering
this lonely Man of Sorrows

                            eyes cast down
                           I look all around
                                    Brown

Guadalupe Green
Fr. Bill LaFratta
     Protection
           from
the ****** Dentata

Small, silent brown chapel
   Cardinal Newman, Francis
         Jesus behind barbed wire ...

                      beauty. duty.

Reno to Tahoe
          lake. pine. snow.
                       contemplatio