Purgatory is not a
Permanent place, a place that’s
Pinned on the map and never
Changing. A purifying
Place absent pall, the parlor
Pallor while the parliament
Deliberates, Heaven is
Assured in this very place.
One day soon, without a doubt,
Its last inhabitant will
Slip out to join you and me,
Spring into community,
That door now forever closed.
Gary Edward Geraci