an intrusion of angels

a well-written angel in the story
and
how many stories
“Littlest”
“The Bishop’s Wife”

Clarence
you know

we know

also in A Wrinkle
and in a short story by Donaldson
a while ago
I read
if
starting and ending mid-
sentence
and with the might and glory
of
that being only appearing in the moment
when most needed
then
to humble
if
homeless into the next assignment

and I belabor this
(and
these)
because it seems we like the angels
or
we fear them
or
we need them

c l couch


“Unworthy of the Angel” by Stephen R. Donaldson—I looked it up to remember

the word for a group of angels, well, there are several words—choir, host, flight, pinion, and legion—and I made up intrusion

photograph is by Dennys Hess at Unsplash

(oh, the prompt is a depiction of an angel, so I believed or decided, in a teleplay)