Wednesday, February 17, 2010

St. Alexis Falconieri (patron of Orvieto, Italy)



1


when something is too deep,

there is terror that leaps

up the throat

like a yellow song


your name echoes back

when you yell down the stairs

that descend to purgatory



2


escape from home

through passageways

like veins under this city


throbbing with the weight

of holding this all together


keeping the church steeples

from leaning ever so slightly



3


this double helix

plunges down to the core


to ensure

a remarkable blue

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