Icons
'Icons' by Stevie Krayer
Vaideeni, Romania
It’s a long way from gothic-gaunt
steeples meant to prod God
beyond reach. This one’s
a gingerbread loaf. Colours
like a country fair, flocks of saints
up the walls, rugs, candlelight, grannies
in headscarves, golden syrup
of polyphonic chanting.
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