At this point on

  the second day of

  May;

  Three spires lie at points on

  the horizon:

  The ashes on Allenby Square will

  conceal the second spire before the

  month is out,

  But for now, I see them;

  First,

  Second,

  And the Third surprise:

  Nearest and easternmost,

  the spire and tower of

  St. Oswald's,

  Seen so often yet visited but once.

  Next and poking above a chimney,

  the spire of St. John the Baptist on

  West Derby Road:

  Visible only from Ash-fall in late October:

  To Ash-rise in Spring.

  Furthest,

  And the biggest surprise;

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  The miniature spire of the

  South Chapel;

  Nestled between the Towers of

  Fish-Meat and Old Hospital;

  Yet in the Sphere of the Two

  football grounds.

  A third tower lies also to

  the North;

  One like a mini version of

  the old hospital tower but with

  a clock face.

  It too was once a hospital,

  But lies in the realm of Walton rather

  than Newsham;

  And,

  during the time of the monolith,

  one of the few

  structures that could be spied whether in

  winter or summer.

  Three Spires;

  Three Towers;

  Two Hospitals;

  Three Churches.

  The horizon has broadened to points

  unimaginable.

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