11-20-2022, 01:49 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-20-2022, 01:49 AM by RiverNotch.)
Anastasia
Even now, a saint
lives a life
most privileged,
takes a picture
of herself:
eyes crossed, gums bearing
false teeth, some flowers
in her hand, her sister
in the background
sleeping.
Millions of others bore
their lives in more Christian ways and met
less Christian ends and yet
the Church never remembered them
by name---
Oh, but if you're lettered enough
to get this, if you're aged enough
to ponder this, then you were once
fourteen, then you were once
some kind of royal---
Even now, a saint
lives a life
most privileged,
takes a picture
of herself:
eyes crossed, gums bearing
false teeth, some flowers
in her hand, her sister
in the background
sleeping.
Millions of others bore
their lives in more Christian ways and met
less Christian ends and yet
the Church never remembered them
by name---
Oh, but if you're lettered enough
to get this, if you're aged enough
to ponder this, then you were once
fourteen, then you were once
some kind of royal---