Easter

 

Besides Christmas, Easter is the one mass

that packs the pews — there’s barely elbow room,

much less kneeling room. And as in the past,

 

so it is now — yes, we live for that link

to the memories in our blood, hold fast

to old habits. We love white lilies, pink

 

tulips, golden daffodils, and the booming

organ . . . leaving little time to think

about the upshot of the empty tomb.

 

 

© Michael Fleming

Dummerston, Vermont

April 2024

 

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