The grand pardon

 

At the foot of the secular tree
The judges have ordained
Places for the condemned
With negligence

The balance beam
In a painful or annoying situation
Has put them in the right

 

At sundown
Wolves have howled at death
And their cries traversed the marine expanse

 

Half-dead
Slow in his walk
Upon his funeral pyre
The priest has sanctified you
You are on again

 

 

Paul Novis