Atheist Lighting a Candle in Albi Cathedral
Frances Leviston for Tyler
It seems to matter I use a Zippo, not the taper’s monkish flame.
It seems to matter I choose the white over red before asking the difference,
that I love the fresco’s talented horse though couldn’t name his rider –
but what’s not authentic at the Virgin’s feet? She knows I am not a bad person, just troubled. She knows the wick is burning.