an unrehearsed universe

Articles of Confederation

incredible
indelible
god-given
god-driven
good-lord-willing

round domes
straight lines
spires curves
relics of faith
competing against
remnants
of sacred space

mass hysteria
wreckage draped
like wisteria
on the flaming skeleton
bodies fall
plunge lunge
from

blasted craters
consecrate
the innocent
the game
sacrificed to
the same end
sanctified
by horror
and honor

except

when they are
holes in the ground
construction
ground to a halt
full-bore stop
before the start

an unredeemed
worksite
an unfinished
monument
deemed
an appropriate
memorial
by the inertia
of inaction

emptiness
a bulwark
barricade
against a host
of believers
who usurp
the covenants
of their
kith and kin
brethren

shriven
hallowed
by reverence
through word
deed
obeisance
to a god
in whom we all trust