At this point on


    the second day of


    May;


    Three spires lie at points on


    the horizon:


    The ashes on Allenby Square will


    conceal the second spire before the


    month is out,


    But for now, I see them;


    First,


    Second,


    And the Third surprise:


    Nearest and easternmost,


    the spire and tower of


    St. Oswald''s,


    Seen so often yet visited but once.


    Next and poking above a chimney,


    the spire of St. John the Baptist on


    West Derby Road:


    Visible only from Ash-fall in late October:


    To Ash-rise in Spring.


    Furthest,


    And the biggest surprise;


    The author''s content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.The miniature spire of the


    South Chapel;


    Nestled between the Towers of


    Fish-Meat and Old Hospital;


    Yet in the Sphere of the Two


    football grounds.


    A third tower lies also to


    the North;


    One like a mini version of


    the old hospital tower but with


    a clock face.


    It too was once a hospital,


    But lies in the realm of Walton rather


    than Newsham;


    And,


    during the time of the monolith,


    one of the few


    structures that could be spied whether in


    winter or summer.


    Three Spires;


    Three Towers;


    Two Hospitals;


    Three Churches.


    The horizon has broadened to points


    unimaginable.