April 3, 1983 10:10 a.m. Poetry by Michael F. Nyiri

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"Easter Basket '83"

I.
Forgotten memories forged whole at a younger age
Certain repetitions serve a troubled existence
A million prayerbooks crying in the sun
I will remember other lives at once in memory
How again on certain days at certain times
In certain situations spend some time
Remember small bright smiles in prayer
Gazing upwards at unknown salvation
Let us gather prayerbooks for the podium
And sing with lust of holy days
While memory closes the screen door
And jogs out to play

II
Easter present Easter future
Old movies create instant nostalgia
For times which exist only in memory
A grisly crucifixion story
Pounds on unhearing ears
But the fear lives on and on
Do not heed the heckling calls
Breaking traditionaly morality
And little Billy waits for the rabbit
And the egg is on my face
Again.

1983

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