A Rite of Questions

Francis Raven

2125 14th St. NW #332

Washington DC 20009

It’s hard to know which religion bows before

unnaturally blue and yellow flowers. Their deistic haircuts, conundrum headdresses, offer few clues

and yet his white button up shirt could have appeared

in a folk dance

I might have once seen. This is America of course, as globalization nevertheless entails that we remain

in one country

at a time.  The back of the procession moves to the front

and the front stays put.

This appears to be a battle formation in a boulevard’s bitter island, monument which is hidden

by a carefully turning oak. That’s a description of the time of year. However, the descriptions their jackets make on their shirts

sound like mourning, but it’s too public to be a funeral. Nevertheless, their outfits remain the same;

however, their hand-cobbled shoes kick waterbottles, technologically.

So they only wear this garb during ceremonies and that’s not really an answer

as to why their expressions appear more patriotic than religious, save for the cameras.

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