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When I read this in the email I thought of a fly at the end of a day in a market... and then I read it here and felt the chill disapproval of a vagrant seeking repentance in the clinical concrete gothic of that church interior...

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"lost to the tides of opinion" so good, as we are most certainly being lost in such these days. I wish more and more that the old saying that my grandparents were so fond of would come back, "keep your opinions to yourself, lad." Great poem, SE.

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Yes. Empathy for those who don't or rarely receive it.

Thank you.

Take care. Stay safe. ☮️

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