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MARY AND THE PRIEST
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190 ʸʲʨʱʩʸ˝ ʸʲʣ ʯʥʠ ʩʸˋʮ ʩʸˋʮ , ʯٷʥʥʸʲ˦˝ˌ ʨʩʮ ʸʲʫʲʡ ˋ ʨʱʩʡ , ʯٷʥʥ ʨʩʮ ʸʲʫʲʡ ʸʲʨʷʩʣʰʥʸʸˋ˦ ʨʸˋʶ ˋ ʧʡʦʮ ʯʨʱʩʥʥʸˋ˦ ˋ ʳʩʥʠ . ʸʲʨʱʩʸ˝ ˋ ʨʰʲʤ ʲʮˋʦʢʰˋʬ ʲʷʰˋʬʹ ʨʩʮ ʸʲʫʲʡ ʭʲʰʲʬˌʨʹʩʸʷ ʭʲʣ ʪʩʥʤ ʳʩʥʠ ʨʡʩʩʤ . ʨʰʲʸʡ ʯʥʠ ʯʡʲʬ ʯٷʣ ʨʸʲʨʩʶ ʱʲ ʯʥʠ ʩʠ ʯʢʩʥʠ ʲʰٷʦ ʯ , ʨʰʲʤ ʲʰٷʦ ʯʩʠ ʯʸʲʥʥʹ ʯʥʠ ʯʹʩʨˋʨʱʷʲ ʷʩʬʢ ʯʩʠ ʬʩʥʥ ʯʥʠ ʯʸʲʥʥ ʨʸʲʨʲʮʹʲʶ . ʩʸˋʮ . ʩʸˋʮ , ʯʩʩʥʥʲʢ ʬʲʤ ˋ ʨʩʮ ʨʲʥʥ ʣʬˋʡ ʯʫʲʸʡʲʶ ʪʩʦ ʯʡʲʬ ʯٷʣ , ʨʩʥʨ ʯٷʣ ʨʲʥʥ ʯʡʸˋ˦ ʯʥʠ ʯʩʩʨʹ ʯʨʩʥʨ ʭʲʣ ʨʩʥʸ ʯʥʠ ʱʩʩʤ . ʲʢʸˋ˦ ʩʣ ʯʲʬʫʩʩʮʹ ʯʬʲʥʥ ʱʲ ʯʥʠ ʸʲʨʲʢ ʲʰʲʱ ʱʩʩʤ ʨʩʥʸ ʯʥʠ . 191 MARY AND THE PRIEST Mary, you are a goblet of Ophir wine, a delicately rounded goblet of wine on a sacrificial altar. A priest with delicate, cautious hands, raises the crystal goblet high. Your life trembles and burns in his eyes, in his hands, and wants to be crushed in profound ecstatic joy. Mary, Mary, soon your life will shatter with a light lament, and your death will be painted on dead stone, hot and red. And forgotten gods will smile hot and red. ...