smells like peace

stolen goods & dignity

I stole a candle and lit it yesterday. I walked into the St. Louis Cathedral and saw the sign asking for a $6 donation to light one of those tiny little 25-cent votive candles and said “I ain’t paying that shit” to no one in particular. I grabbed the first ball of wax I saw and unfurled the wick before I placed it in a glass bowl in the center of a sea …