Drunk at the Vatican By John Drudge

Under a Baroque stare

Lost in a rapture

In Vatican square  

Off the pedestal

And hunting down truth

Snatching eternity

From the hands

Of the sinister

Blurring the lines

Between art and reality

Architecture and paintings

Sculpture and music

Everything all at once

In a frantic dance 

Of redemption 

Like being hit

With the kitchen sink

In the name of the father

And the son

And the spirit of the ghost

John is a social worker working in the field of disability management and holds degrees in social work, rehabilitation services, and psychology.  He is the author of five books of poetry: “March” (2019), “The Seasons of Us” (2019), New Days (2020), Fragments (2021), and A Long Walk (2023). His work has appeared widely in numerous literary journals, magazines, and anthologies internationally. John is also a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee and lives in Caledon Ontario, Canada with his wife and two children.