“Gabriel and the Virgin: Fra Angelico’s Annunciation”

“Gabriel and the Virgin: Fra Angelico’s Annunciation” by Jeanne Wagner begins:

I see they’re made for each other—
though he’s only a stand-in for God—
a Captain Smith, or a Cyrano.
They could be sister and brother,
the way their arms fold over their
breasts in secret semaphore;
their slippered feet peeking out
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