Wednesday, 4 August 2010

Christianity

slowly, slowly drained
the colour from the world.
Islam puts a little back:
red and black.

1 comment:

  1. Red and Black:
    Stendhal's 'Le Rouge et le Noir' (usually translated as 'Scarlet and Black') is a 19th century romantic novel about the powers of religion and the 'armed forces'.

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