The Cripples (Excerpt)
Bundled their bones, upon the ninety-nine stairs-
St. Joseph's ladder - the knobs of penance come,
the folded cripples counting up counting up their prayers.
For the Sisters of the Hotel Dieu (Excerpt)
In pairs,
as if to illustrate their sisterhood,
the sisters pace the hospital garden walks.
In their robes black and white immaculate hoods
they are like birds,
the safe domestic foul of the house of God.
- A.M. Klein
