This Pageant Procession Of Angels

this procession of angels
by candlelight flickering
and the tinseled, haloed;

the golden cardboardy wings
of little children
may seem simple;

and even countrified.

but angels depicted in the Florentine
manner perhaps look on,
a little wistful

at the scene so holly bright
and well meant,
all around

and they-
bow down.

mary angela douglas 30 december 2015