February 13, 2025
Studies for an Angel in Glory, Antonio d'Enrico Tanzio (Tanzio da Varallo). Purchase, Gifts of Mrs. Gardner Cassatt, Mrs. Francis Ormond, Bessie Potter Vonnoh, William Benton, Donald Silve, William M. Ivins Jr., and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, and other gifts, bequests, and funds, by exchange, 1998. From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Nothing Holy Sits at the Other Side of Aloneness
when you come home from work
I’ll be building a church in the living room
you’ll say
can’t you just be pious
somewhere else
you want me to pray in the road
like a baby
looking up
at a street lamp
but I want to think about death right here
want to body and blood over dinner
you stupid angel
head
I’ve already replaced
all the food in the fridge
with stained glass
Nora Rose Tomas is a queer writer and poet based in Brooklyn. She holds an MFA from Columbia University.