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Jacqueline Sibanda

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Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison

Jacqueline Sibanda

Submitted to Contest #132

"Kyrie eleison, Christe eleison".The euphonious petitions of the choir ring through the high walls of the church. Our priest swings a luxurious golden globe of myrrh incense, while one of the clergy boys sprays holy water at the congregation. The droplets land at my feet and I run the soles of my Converse over them; for these thoughts that inhabit my mind, I will need all the purifying I can get. Behind the alter there's a cathedral glass portrait of Mary mother of Jesus. My eyes stay glued to it and all I feel is a borrowing pit in my stoma...

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