ChristвАЩs Regrettable Reticence

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ChristвАЩs Regrettable Reticence

Ova is at the mercy

of the enigmatical behaviour

around her

only One behaves

unlike all others

the gentle Jesus

whose unseen behaviour

like a mouse or a fairy

in lurking discretion

is the wary

perfection

of a shy saviour

вАЬOh why wouldnвАЩt the Gentle

come out

вАФinto the open

and just show them?вАЭ

Yet she loves the Gentle

вАЬPerhaps if he knew there

was a dear little girl here

who wouldnвАЩt hurt him

вАФвБ†вАКвБ†вАФвБ†вАКвБ†вАФif he came out?вАЭ

For a pale

pitiful housemaid

who bowed

healingly

between

her

and the loud

maternityвБ†вАФ

Has told her

ofвБ†вАФGentle Jesus

our excuseвБ†вАФвБ†вАКвБ†вАФвБ†вАКвБ†вАФ

He dipped his hand in the sauceвБ†вАФtureen

and allowed his disciples to do the same

And that for every infantile

indiscretion

there is absolution

in ChristвАЩs name

And she

is credulous

as all hungry

imaginations in Man

swallow the parsimonious

presentations put before them