How to Pray
1 min readJan 13, 2021
Kneel.
Lower that long white neck
Bow to the earth
You have eight minutes 46 seconds.
Shift ever so slightly as a phantom knife
slices the air
As the shadow of a bullet whistles past your ear.
Straighten that starched collar and
Square your broad, tanned shoulders.
Those stalwart Belgians which bore the weight of