Felt
Board
In Sunday school we strained 
     to hear sandals
scraping stone 
             the
snap and crackle of kindling
     echo of gospel
songs sung 
                             in three part
harmony 
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego
     overlays free
floating
                   
smiles all around, fronting 
    a fiery furnace
more 
                  
 beehive than crematorium  
Nebuchadnezzar scowling 
     from the
soft verge of his velvet palace 
                
 hush of orange aloe leaves 
     licking the
plush pink 
            feet of an angel hovering over 
 the muffled din
of a passing July morning.  
 
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