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Then this poem is--

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I was thinking about it.

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I've written a number of poems
about Mary, Mother of Christ.

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And it occurred to me, who
else in Israel's name is Mary?

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You know what I mean?

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This is not like Ireland,
where people's name is Mary.

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I mean, please.

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Why are we naming these
people with the names

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we want them to have?

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So this is called "Miriam."

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And my conceit here,
and somebody told me

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you can't do this because
of The Da Vinci Code.

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Well, that's why I can.

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Anyway, my conceit is
that she had twins.

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"Miraim"-- there
was a daughter too.

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But I hid her among
the back veils.

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And the women animals
understood at once.

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Miss Bussey dropped
her teat and fed her.

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Miss Ewe folded her in wool.

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And old man Joseph
never even noticed.

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Twins, rare in our village.

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So I knew they were special.

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She insisted on herself,
pushing out before him.

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You will ask me what it means.

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And I will say I understood none
of it, neither then nor now.

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But I saw the shadow
of blood in the hay.

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And I heard angel voices
singing, 'Save her.

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You must save her.'

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And so of course, I did."

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I like the idea that
save her echoes Savior.

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That is not coincidence
or anything.