SCUPPER
-noun
1. nautical . a drain or spout allowing water on the deck of
a vessel to flow overboard
2. an opening in the side of a building for draining off
water
3. a drain in a factory floor for running off the water from
a sprinkler system
-verb
1. informal . to overwhelm, ruin, or disable
2. to sink (one's ship) deliberately
Every now and then,
They opened scuppers
To keep the building from foundering
Under the weight of prayers
Of sunken wishes…
Until
One day,
The cathedral sank
Taking water all over.
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