Santiago Cathedral

Santiago cathedral 700 years old

    Looming right outside our window

Intricate arched wooden doorway 

   Huge flower shaped 

Stained glass   Gargoyle  animals

  Snarling in stone with  twisted heads 

  of lost terrified men 

Staring  down into eternity and 

   At bricks, washed by a fire hose at 2am 

 by Basque  workers 

in green and orange  jump suits 

 Washing away beer and fear 

Cleaning those bricks 

  So people can walk 

Into  the old cathedral 

     With fresh feet 

                                  - Jeff DeMark, 2019