Iconostasis, edit 2: Caleb, Mark, Joseph, Matt, Achebe

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ICONOSTASIS, edit two

Piety turned
my heart to stone.

Now let me cover this rock
in gold leaf, in the delicate
browns of flesh, in flashes
of red and rich azure;
let it not remain gray,
empty, almost modern,

ultimately the kinder home to moss
which knows only compromise

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ICON, edit one

Piety turned
my heart to stone.

Now let me cover this rock
in gold leaf, in the delicate
browns of flesh, in flashes
of red and rich azure;
let it not remain gray,
empty, almost modern,

ultimately the kinder home to moss
which knows only compromise.

BASILICA

Piety turns
the heart to stone.

Let me cover this rock
in gold leaf, in the delicate
browns of flesh, in flecks
of black and rich azure --
let it not remain gray,
empty, almost modern,

ultimately the kinder home to moss
which knows only compromise.