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Rosaries MAG

By Anonymous

   I keep these rosaries under my pillow

the same way I did as a child,

placed there for protection.

They have become my security.

Despite my doubts,

Despite my sins,

Each occasion gaining another pair;

Every year marked off

by another set of prayers.

Communion, Confirmation, Sweet 16;

The pile has grown.

I have grown.

They've formed a mound of beads

beneath my pillow

just below my neck.

Now I wonder why I have trouble sleeping.



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