Lawrence Hall
Dispatches for the Colonial Office
LogoSophia Magazine – A Pilgrim's Journal of Life, Literature and Love
Unknown Saint – 25 Cents
A little plastic statue of a saint
(In context, am I permitted to say “tchotchke?”)
A woman in white with a flowered crown
And a tiny crucifix in her tiny hand
She stood between a broken-bladed pocketknife
And an HO gauge caboose without wheels
There was a Barbie with her arms ripped off
And an I LIKE IKE button from 1952
The little saint now stands upon my shelf
Gently to remind me of my better self
