Monday, November 10, 2008

248x365 - substitute grade school teacher

O Canada – straighten up.

for Lord's Prayer over the intercom
her hands in book-model prayer position.

uncloseted martyr, a Daniel, she had guts,
integrity, persistence.

Kids mocked. Laughter proved rule:
Christians are marginalized, spurned.

Faith's burden, shame,
8-years-old's fear
deepened.

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