His fatherhood, but for that eye, that nose,
Betraying Galilee our Father’s land.
There’s no escape from him. Midwife Tradition
Has knotted Jesus in our navel strings
Never to be undone this side the grave.”
But that was one stage worse than blasphemy.
And when we parted, she smiled grudgingly.
I had said too much and cut her to the quick.
She thought, poor child, she had her choice to make
Between God’s way and my way. And so she chose ...