Cet office

 This office according to vigils
in the church of the catacombs
the priest in red robes
leaning his luminous magnifying glass
on the sacred texts.

Clarity of oral expression
the counting of the ritual
the essentiality of the gesture
tasted like a sharp blade
sharp sword of justice
separating the true from the false
in the slow ascent of the ancient myth
exalted by ritual.

At the heart of the matter
the catechumens
against the bare walls of the choir
lined up to chant
standing then sitting
the mysteries of the cult
which happened there
like on the sly
entre watch and praise
the Eucharist at its rising
marking the transfiguration of the divine
without feigned emotion
like the obligatory presence
flesh work
and mystery
bound in their incompleteness.


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