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<DIV>Thank you Mary, for the poem and reflection. So many Medusas, so few
to see reflected raw reality. Rod</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>Mary Kurian D'Souza via OE</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 28, 2018 11:05 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=oe@lists.wedgeblade.net>Order Ecumenical Community</A>
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<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=marykdsouza@gmail.com>Mary Kurian D'Souza</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Oe List ...] Call to All 9 27 2018</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P><B><I>Dear colleagues</I></B></P>
<P><B><I>I have been watching the drama over the Brett Kavanaugh hearings.
</I></B></P>
<P><B><I>Within that context and all the injustices across the world the
following poem makes sense </I></B></P>
<P><B><I>Mary</I></B></P>
<P><B><I><BR></I></B></P>
<P><B><I>Medusa</I></B></P>
<P><SPAN>By <B><I>Ivan M. Granger</I></B><BR>(1969 - )</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN></SPAN> </P>
<P align=left><SPAN>Medusa says –<BR><BR>I was wisdom<BR>once,<BR>black as
night.<BR><BR>Now they call
me:<BR>
monster,<BR>
gorgon,<BR>
hideous-faced.<BR><BR>So I hide<BR>behind this hissing curtain<BR>of
hair.<BR><BR>Lost<BR>little ones,<BR>breathe easy;<BR>you are free<BR>to not
see.<BR><BR>But<BR>what is a lonely<BR>old lady to do?<BR><BR>I still
wait<BR>for some
daughter,<BR> some
son,<BR>so wounded by the world,<BR>to seize these snakes<BR>and part my locks
wide.<BR><BR>I still wait<BR>for some bold,
tired<BR> wild child of
mine,<BR>determined to die<BR>seeing what’s reflected<BR>in my
unblinking</SPAN></P></DIV><BR>
<DIV id=AppleMailSignature>Sent from my iPhone</DIV>
<DIV><BR>On 28-Sep-2018, at 10:20 PM, Milan Hamilton via OE
<<A>oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</A>> wrote:<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>Ok, today’s Call to All is in response to the
awful performance of our disgusting Old Men in the cesspit that Trump loves.
Rachel Crooks is one of the nineteen women who accused The Donald of
inappropriate.sexual behavior😖She is running for the Ohio State Legislature.
I just donated to her campaign! I hope Ohioans are.ready for some
changes!</SPAN><BR><SPAN></SPAN><BR><SPAN>Sent from my
iPad</SPAN><BR><SPAN>_______________________________________________</SPAN><BR><SPAN>OE
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