Icon

With the Icons in Transformation exhibit at church last month, I have been thinking back to this conversation years ago, held after egg salad sandwiches and iced tea.  I was able to inquire recently about the piece, only to find out it was never completed.  

She unveiled the icon

After lunch,

Asked me what I thought.

Mary and baby Jesus,

Prairie grasses

All around.

Baby Jesus looked

Like the former rector,

The one I had replaced.

What do you think?

She asked.

I told her

I like Mary

I like the prairie setting

Baby Jesus

Well

Baby Jesus looks like…

Oh

She said

Oh

You*re right.

I think it*s the cheeks.

I*ll have to work

On the face.

This was years ago.

At a recent party she told me

The icon

Was never completed.