@ 27.055 MHz: Ad Astra; The Altar Server [XLIX]

[for D---K---, whose altar service, personality and shoelessness inspired this poem]


"Physical intimacies are but surface emotions, forgotten as soon as they are satisfied; whereas spiritual intimacies live in the heart, they are part of our eternal life, and reach beyond the stars." 

---J. G. Nicholson, The Romance Of A Choir Boy



 

His dark hair (a middle part) cascades below

his shoulder blades. Beneath his robe's floor length hem,

his unshod feet are ensheathed by the softness

of semi-sheer socks.  His God-given soul

seeks male to male love.


Starward



Author's Notes/Comments: 

D---K---and I were altar servers in 1971-72.  His adolescent beauty was remarkable, and his dislike of shoes was militant and uncompromising.

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