Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Face Masks and Hippie Hymns - poem

Lawrence Hall

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Face Masks and Hippie Hymns

 

At Mass I breathe behind and through a mask

My custom still, one of the paper-faced few

Although one might with some good reason ask

If it serves much purpose in a crowded pew

 

Each humid exhalation clouds the lens

Of my eyeglasses so I can’t even read

But I’m sure I know how each lesson ends

Needless to say I’ve memorized the Creed

 

And to mask those sandwich hymns:

 

I make hidden faces when the soloist croons

Another of those awful hippie tunes

 

(Has anyone told the music director that the 1960’s are over?)

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