Photo by David Howard
MARIA RESTITUTA KAFKA
she must be the most important statue
in this great cathedral
but she’s in the back
in a side room
you can go in for prayer
as long as you’re in there
you’re no gaping tourist
only god sees you gaping
at first you see jesus
you don’t want to say much at all
although no one stops you
from taking a photo
the room feels more ancient
and more contemporary
than the cathedral at large
how old was she
when the nazis killed her
at the big courthouse
here in vienna?
she was a sister, a nurse
came from husovice, brno
grew up in vienna
and served in mödling
living churches have modern things
it’s not in your face here
but it fits well
she must be the most important person by far
there is one in kosice
next to an entrance
you notice her right away
thousands of jews in kosice
over fifty-thousand here in vienna
what is god
what is prayer
what is a person
what is a saint
go with god
MW July 2017
Photo by David Howard
标签： austria, Brno, cathedral, church, Europe, faith, health, history, hospital, memory, nazis, nurse, place, poetry, religion, resistance, space, time, Vienna
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