Seraphim

Cantor enchants,
        sings

   old angel midnight cherry
blossomed wings
ricochet off
    tangent walls to slats,
off the slant shift silk of wings
that whisper down vaulted hallways,
        down blind alleys underneath;
    find salvation in a lisp,      a slip 
of comfort into transubstantiated things,
penny taken nearer their gospel than thee.  
    Altar visions alter vistas spun
        beyond the stark woven thread,
brush arcade mysteries,     arcane touch
        nave to navel and bending,
rediscover
sacraments,
        her covenanted scent,
         wings folded serenely
                            over his feet.

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