Being a (fervent, not so fervent, I haven't decided it yet) catholic,
I adored this image of the waiter-priest
getting ready to dispend the Holy Wafer of Communion.(with fork, spoon, nap)
Paul Muldon is such a dissident priest!Nothing outside the Self (his Self),
no authority, either
religious or civic, is worth his reverence.
Blim Blom Blam
Erminia
> >The waiter swabs his plate with bread
> >And drains what's left of his wine,
> >Then rearranges, one by one,
> >The knife, the fork, the spoon, the napkin,
> >The table itself, the chair he's simply borrowed,
> >And smiles, and bows to his own absence.
> >
> >Paul Muldoon
>
> (Posted to Poetryetc with the kind permission of
> Paul Muldoon. All rights reserved.)
>
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