Posts tagged Indulgences
Indulgences
The towers and the cranes Play hide and seek in the early morning skies From: Lambeth Bridge looking West All is eerily quiet on that Western front Men build empty towers to scratch the heavens’ back Vainly hoping for a reward or indulgence in return I presume… Photo Hugh Ardoin The Night Shift Gallery
Posing for an ephemeral posterity A group of revelers show their empty bottles The spirits are gone but the spirit of Carnival remains We drink to forget and to remember we cannot forget Carnival comes from the desperate slave trade times Created by the church to absolve itself like some indulgence The pie in the […]