100 years from now<\/p>\n
they will sit in churches<\/p>\n
and worship in wide circles<\/p>\n
6 feet apart<\/p>\n
wearing masks as Sunday best.<\/p>\n
No singing, no passing of peace,<\/p>\n
the bread untouched, unbroken.<\/p>\n
An illness, long-eradicated,<\/p>\n
has canonized the distance.<\/p>\n
Like so much else in such a time,<\/p>\n
it may not be touched,<\/p>\n
or breached<\/p>\n
or re-told.<\/p>\n
And the young ones will say<\/p>\n
\u2018why can\u2019t we sit together?\u2019<\/p>\n
and<\/p>\n
\u2018why can we not sing?\u2019<\/p>\n
and<\/p>\n
\u2018what are you so afraid of?\u2019<\/p>\n
And the elders will answer<\/p>\n
\u2018We don\u2019t remember,\u2019 and<\/p>\n
\u2018it must be written somewhere,\u2019<\/p>\n
and<\/p>\n
\u2018It\u2019s just that<\/p>\n
this is how it\u2019s always been.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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