Assisi: An Online Journal of Arts & Letters Volume 4, Issues 1 & 2 | Page 76

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JEFF FEARNSIDE

A SAINT IS A SENTINEL
A saint is a sentinel
ever watchful of life,
ever hopeful for death.
Sleeping is but a death
when green limbs explode
in color. There can be no mourning
in this. What joy, this sainted
stripping for the season’s evening.
What joy to await, naked,
the next morning.
ALEX KUSTANOVICH

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