The Dode Child


Seven times Seven times Seven times Seven

My thoughts are endless

Infinity times Seven

= 0

= 7

There is no calculation

I can think of

That solves this mysterious question

 

Perhaps I am staring at God

Without even being aware of his presence

 

We might be standing opposite

Each other in the meadows

That surround the church

 

I am exploring the mathematics of this thought

 

 

 

 

According to local legend, the last survivor of the Black Death in Dode (Kent) was a seven-year-old girl known as the Dode Child

It is said she took refuge in the church after all the other villagers were dead, and died within its walls

The Dode Child is supposed to haunt the churchyard, having first appeared on a Sunday morning each month for several years, and then every seven years since