Saint Anonymous Poem by Hans Ostrom

I pray to Saint Anonymous,

a martyr without publicity.



Anon's the patron saint

of the perplexed, who never



quite manage to move past

confusion to reach rudimentary



theological questions, let alone

answers. When I pray to St.



Anonymous, I imagine a mildly

fretful face staring at me,



suggesting neither comfort nor

salvation but not-so-merely



sympathy, which is the most

of what's available given



the circumstances in which we

the perplexed find ourselves.





hans ostrom 2018