For St. Luke's Day
In memory of a philanthropist
who reportedly died last Sunday—
Part I— A safe deposit box number from
the 2006 Denzel Washington film "Inside Man"—
Part II—A related occurrence of the same number in
the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Part III— The 1998 Denzel Washington film "Fallen."
Part IV— The works of Octavia Butler…
in particular, the character Doro in Wild Seed (1980)
and Mind of My Mind (1977).
Kirkus Reviews on the 1977 novel—
"Butler is clearly on to a promising vein—
something like Zenna Henderson's 'People' stories
without their saccharine silliness."