reconciliation

Future perfect, present tense,

Past continuous.

In the lane that’s by the church,

St Joseph’s, that is,

I can feel the sacristy;

Purification?

“What is that, a sacristy, 

You old altar boy?”

The holy things are stored there,

Until we need them.

“Date and the time of this need?

Who’s allowed inside?”

N.J. THRIBB