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Out at the Dig

Last night we drove out

so I could see the dig—

I had never been inside the gate—

The sun was melting behind

Il Vulture, and shepherds

were bringing a huge flock

of goats up the road …

Stepping over crypts,

The apse, room after room -

Felt surreal, as if the past

Crouched just there ---

Behind a veil.