Mary. She presents a mute baby boy to the wearied shepherds.
Mary. She presents a mute baby boy to the wearied shepherds.
A priest hoists a leavened host consecrated to the congregants.
A priest hoists a leavened host consecrated to the congregants.
Mary, she hoists a priest; presents a consecrated, leavened host
To the mute shepherds; a wearied baby boy to the congregants.
Both God, differing only by their accidents, their extensions.
Both God, differing only by their accidents, their extensions.
Every naysayer, doubter; that’s a lot, we have a Saint to count.
Every naysayer, doubter; that’s a lot, we have a Saint to count.
Doubter, naysayer, both by lot have God; count their extensions their
Accidents: we count a lot. That’s differing to only a Saint.
Rain driven, sun dried, wind blown and grain harvested by human hands.
Rain driven, sun dried, wind blown and grain harvested by human hands.
Work. Work gathering all the pieces to be formed into round bread.
Work. Work gathering all the pieces to be formed into round bread.
Bread to be formed, human work: dried driven hands, harvested pieces.
All sun, rain, and blown wind by Work round grain into the gathering.
Congregants gathering, consecrated to Mary by the priest.
Work a boy to count the shepherds’ hands: the host to be driven ‘round.
A Saint hoists mute, grain harvested leavened bread formed into God! We
Dried naysayer rain; every doubter into pieces, blown and
Wearied. A Baby She presents! Their accidents, their extensions,
All that’s a lot to have, differing only by Wind Work; a Sun!
- Gary Edward Geraci
With my “pick two” exception (in the second stanza).
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