Angelic figure, façade of Heidelberg Castle, Germany, 2005.  An image which I first photographed in 1981 and photographed once more 24 years later.  This photograph was used for the front cover of my poetry CD St. Francis in the Slaughter-House.

He left his sparrows waiting at the door
And entered like a draught, his bare feet treading
Silent on the wetness of the floor;
And, lifting up his hand, approached the pen
Where patiently his brothers waited for
The second coming of the slaughtermen;
And like a draught his love went over them …

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