The Mason's Law

 

 

 

The mason's law

Though the slate

where his hand slipped

could not stand

       worthy of a name,

at least it could lie

in his living room,

set in the floor.

 

Er Cof unfinished,

under our feet, recalls

the mason and his law:

        Honour the dead

with your craft;

waste nothing; leave

no botched memorial.

Jeremy Hooker