I have this urge to sway
on street corners in a derelict way,
disheveled, a little drunk,
an impulse to praise Mary,
not the Virgin, but her
less immaculate namesake.
'Hail Mary, full of grace,
Our Lord is with you.'
Perhaps the sound of my voice
will de-ice parked cars, straighten
shopping cartwheels, save a kid's
balloon from escaping?
'Blessed are you among women,
And blessed the fruit...
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