Friday, October 31, 2014

31 October. Octopowrimo

Waves of Renewal

History flows in five hundred year waves
As I learned  as an undergraduate.
A few years more and we commemorate
95 Theses nailed on  church door
Amidst searches for lodging, friends,
Announcements for disputations
And similar convocation.
Miles away I wonder if anything
Slouches  toward Wittenberg
To catch a coming wave.

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