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There came a Day
at Summer's full,
Entirely for me -
I thought that such
were for the Saints,
Where Resurrections - be -
The Sun, as common,
went abroad,
The flowers, accustomed,
blew,
As if no soul the
solstice passed
That maketh all things
new -
The time was scarce
profaned, by speech -
The symbol of a word
Was needless, as at
Sacrament,
The Wardrobe, of
our Lord -
Each was to each
The Sealed Church,
Permitted to commune
this - time -
Lest we too awkward
show
At supper of the Lamb.
The Hours slid fast -
as Hours will,
Clutched tight, by greedy
hands -
So faces on two Decks,
look back,
Bound to opposing lands -
And so when all the
time had leaked,
Without external sound
Each bound the Other's
Crucifix -
We gave no other
Bond -
Sufficient Troth, that we shall rise -
Deposed - at length, the Grave -
To that new Marriage,
Justified - through Calvaries - of Love -
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