The reflection of an absent person
- the light is soft, the image is intimate -
a small square pencilled on a white wall
'God is length, height, width, depth' (St Bernard of Clairvaux)
Useless to queue for a blessing or a kiss
with a blessing, with a kiss
useless as the sediment at the bottom of a wine-glass:
you must become an unbeliever to see the absent.
- David Howard
21 Faulder Avenue, Westmere, Auckland (in transit)
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