Painting by Patrick Mock
When The Devils Cry Out
"Will the angels be feared of the crying out devils?"
Max Henry Hoppe, age 5
"Every single angel is terrible."
Ranier Maria Rilke
Why do devils make that noise--
is it simply agony or supplication?
Maybe to angels there is no difference
as they wheel about their orderly dominions
throned and generally singing praises.
Every single angel is terrible to us
their voices likely to burst our hearts
would a devil regard one as some long lost equal?
its presence a terror no more awful
than anything else encountered so far?
But what sense can angels make of devils?
Would common ground be brightly denied
and heads turned away from the unthinkable?
Or do angels ache to make connection
to back up their songs with action?
Do they wonder if being
unable to help
makes them less
than full fledged angels?
Do they hover around us
luminous with terrible need?
W. Joe Hoppe
..........from his book GALVANIZED.
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