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Russell duPont<\/h1>\n

Saint Augustine’s<\/span><\/h2>\n
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St. Augustine\u2019s, where my mother
\ntook me to Mass each morning,
\nwas a tomb, dark and quiet,
\nwith a scattering of bodies,
\nrows of drooping heads
\nand bent spines slouched
\nover the backs of pews,
\nlips forming low murmurs,
\nprayers that slowly rose
\ninto the empty vault above
\nand dissolved in a holy haze.<\/p>\n

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Russell duPont<\/strong><\/span> is an author who has written three novels and has enjoyed seeing his poems published in a number of journals.<\/em><\/p>\n

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