The sable presbyters approach
The avenue of penitence;
The young are red and pustular
Clutching piaculative pence.
A Word to the Wise
Piaculative
(pie-AK-yuh-luh-tiv) was coined by T.S. Eliot for his poem “Mr. Eliot’s Sunday Morning Service.” Derived from the Latin for “appease, purify, expiate,” it refers to atonement or reparation – e.g., for a sin or crime.
From the poem: