First Things RSS Feed - Jackson Holmes https://www.firstthings.com/author/jackson-holmes en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:57:22 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/jackson-holmes 60 Extensions: In the Cleveland Museum of Art https://www.firstthings.com/article/1992/02/extensions-in-the-cleveland-museum-of-art https://www.firstthings.com/article/1992/02/extensions-in-the-cleveland-museum-of-art Sat, 01 Feb 1992 00:00:00 -0500 In the din of ages
so quiet only the squeak
of charcoal sneakers
and the stentorian tutelage
of living masses
obtrude—goddess
with a breast exposed,
Mary drawing blood
from fingers brushing thorns—
overhead the tapestry
of knights and days—
in glass enclosed, breastplates,
armor . . .
    The old and the young
contemplate themselves
distractedly—why this
and this—not something
else?—why this standing
for man; preserved—
why does this speak
to who I am?

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