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helen sanchez was born without big toes
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20 helen sanchez was born without big toes we played underneath her dining room table ate brown squares of ice cream her mother served us from a tray jesus nailed to a cross hung from her wall his sad eyes rolled up toward the ceiling and then i saw mary holding baby jesus her mournful face already knowing what his fate would be her plump heart wrapped in thorns and white roses a sword stuck through the middle fire leaping out the top and helen saying jesus died for all our sins and me reaching for my toes ...