The priest holds the sermon
for him, who will move
to the other side.

Interprets the Bible
for the seated mourners, sins
and children.

She looks at Jesus,
hanged on a cross
his thorny face, the innocence.

They leave the church
and invade the parish cottage
for coffee, comfort
the widow and gossip.

She misses the man
on the cross,
his silent consolation.