(Limestone Seacaves, Tobermory,Ontario)

Christopher Dewdney

"Transubstantiation

Devoid of perception the
blind form of the fossil
exists post-factum.
Its movement planetary, tectonic.
The flesh of these words
(as the words must be placed together
in light of theiyr skeletons)
Or rather the motion ascribed to
becomes a vehicle (for Paraclete).

What rises.
From the visible altar
to the altar sublime. Is
Is what we wish to inhabit
just the bread, just the wine.

Erosion unites with process to reveal
form.
Complies with laws
independent of vision.
In formation.
Mirrors.
(a photograph of the author photographing themselves)
At any given moment
moment is solid.

'Generation' of the Son.
'Procession' of the Holy Spirit.
A unicorn
white from existence in the underworld.
Gold is sprinkled on a fossil or
administered intravenously.
(in the late 4th century
the Arians released the unicorn in a cavern
to the thin leathern applause of bats)

'Generation' of Logos.
'Procession' of the Holy Spirit.")