By Laurence “Mack” Hall
Word Count: 80
Rating: G
Summary: Rosaries and ball point pens, both very useful in communication.
Rosaries might be like ball-point pens
A souvenir for you from Brighton Beach
Fabrique en Chine, blessed by the Bishop of Rome
A kind thought from gap years and honeymoons
But now the rosaries and ball-point pens
Repose in stasis beneath Sunday socks
And handkerchiefs your Mee-Maw monogrammed
In silk for your high school graduation
Go find them (no, not the socks and handkerchiefs)
Words flung onto paper are gifts of light
And so are Aves whispered in the night