![]() a lack of deference and decorumA Poem by W.k.kortasHe
had not, so the general consensus decreed, Held
up his end of the bargain; Custom
dictated that once one had received If
not full absolution, a degree of dispensation It
was incumbent on the recipient To
acknowledge of the communal munificence, Preferably
with a suitably hang-dog expression, And
then move on with one’s life In
a sufficiently distant locale. The
gentleman in question had begged to differ And
stayed on, not simply long enough To
say the odd quick goodbye, to tie up loose ends, But
for the long haul, as he was born and bred in these parts, Man
and countryside one and the same, Inextricable
from one another, in his view, And
so he carried on about his business As
would befit a full citizen of the borough, Occasionally
stopping to pass the time of day With
the small circle of family and friends Who
had not found his particular peccadillo As
grounds for a de facto shunning (Indeed,
the wheres and whyfores of his particular transgression Long
past being generally remembered or agreed upon) Continuing
to shop, work, and even attend mass at St. Marinus (Where
he invariably had a pew to himself, In
deference to his privacy it was said, Such
a notion being testament to the nature of the general piety) Where
local legend had it that the statue of Jesus had once wept, Though
one former parish priest had noted upon leaving That
the effigy was strangely and unnervingly impassive © 2022 W.k.kortas |
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2 Reviews Added on September 27, 2022 Last Updated on September 27, 2022 Author![]() W.k.kortasParts Unknown. Our high school wrestling teams were unbeaten for decades.AboutAs I am every bit as much a mercenary b*****d as the next guy, you can now find a collection of my poems, entitled The Romeo Letters & Other Poems, available for purchase at https://www.createspace.co.. more..Writing
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