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the reason we refuse to linger in the manger
is then we would have to consider the mother of god
Sweet baby Jesus
my mother had no business conceiving a god
my religion is storytelling
words are my disciples
go into the world and break their backs
fight boundaries and if they reject you
dust your feet
use your imagination to reach the heavens
Oh what I would give to have another evening to sit in the quiet of an empty Chapel
just us and statues of saints in silence with God
reveling in open mercy
if only my knees would hit the ground
and my mouth could accompany it's fall
with hymns of repentance.
the reason we refuse to linger in the manger
is then we would have to confront the mother
of god and my catholic roots reaching out
with remainders of my first holy communion
holy confirmation demanding a confession
of sins from me
father forgive me for I have sinned
against the womb that brought me into this world
at the hour of my death I betrayed my mother.
amen.
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