Stained glass corpses of color br Transparencies of souls br Caught on somber stages br Cast in eternal roles br br Prismatic lead framed oracles br Frozen at their tasks br Silhouettes of entities br Woven into masks br br Eyes of silent spirits br Caught adrift in years br Pressed in one dimension br Chained in arc-ed spheres br br If their voices now could ring br Of a choral note br Sure it would be shrill enough br To shatter all our hope br br © 1986 JVDbr br Jane Van Doebr br