First Thoughts: On Hearing that Fr. Richard John Neuhaus Passed Away
Wretched I crossed the street at glory point
to find the pavement steaming hot
barefeet, bare soul, stinking with original sin
in the zero gravity of noon
It’s not easy being catholic most days
but at least you wrote the rules straight
cut down rhetoric with a flaming sword
showed us sin was ordinary as a goodnight kiss
And now you’re gone and I’ll keep walking
hoping some sad priest stops by offers a sign
at least I’ll have your words for a time
and they’ll get me by for now.
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