Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Lizz Murphy - Poem 219: Lilt xxx. Church


LILT xxx.


CHURCH


I am standing on my old main road looking across at the church I attended as a child most Sunday mornings It is larger and more elaborate than I remember it I don’t know what to make of this I wonder if it is still cobalt blue inside Heavenly I remember the gentle reverend and how he surreptitiously gave me a correct answer in my Sunday School test the dilemma he unwittingly created Will I be rude if I don’t change my answer will I be a cheat if I do How relieved I was that I didn’t my 99 per cent achievement all my own I google Ulsterville Presbyterian Church on my return see they still have their missionary drive I google again tonight There is a lot of press from 2013 it’s turrets towering into the evening sky spotlights accentuating the stonework The new Sapphire restaurant is in the rear a high-end furniture showroom in the front

3 comments:

  1. Wonderful, Lizz...and so good that you passed that test!

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  2. The good reverend clearly knew a goodun when he saw one :)

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  3. Religion - a big part of Ulster childhoods!

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