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The Way of the Cross
people go past, and of course no one touches an ikon or its setting, or an ikon box or the embroidered towel waving in the wind.
I stop at one collection of graves, at a second, at a third.
There are some which breathe horror.
Three, five, crosses, and on all:
—The 17th of September.[1]
—The 17th of September.
—The 17th of September.
In one day, all. In one night a cemetery grew up.
The majority are indicated by an inscription on one cross:
—Such and such a day of August.
On another:
—Such and such a day of September.
Somebody has been buried.
Others see:
- ↑ This is old style. According to our calendar it would be the 30th of September.
