By Lawrence “Mack” Hall

Word Count: 155

Rating: G

Summary: the author looks at a painting of Thomas More while listening to a explanatory recording.

The (beep) painting (beep) dates (beep, beep) from (beep)

Holbein’s (beep) first (beep) visit (beep) to (beep)

England (beep) oil on oak (beep) a (beep) golden

Tudor (beep) rose (beep) over his heart (beep)

The chain of office his aurea catena

Of faith in God and in his king (beep, beep)

Is (beep) the (beep) paper (beep) in (beep) his

Hands (beep) Averil (beep) Manchin’s (beep) petition?

Saint Thomas seems to look so far away –

Perhaps he sees beyond his martyrdom day

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Except for the rhyming couplet I’m having a bit of fun here. The Holbein painting of St. Thomas More is beautiful (beep) in every way, and I am grateful for the opportunity to spend some time before it. The Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits from Holbein to Warhol exhibition is brilliant as is everything the Houston Museum of Fine Arts does: mfah.org/

Saint Thomas More, ora pro nos