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Saints of the Republic
SAN BENITO
the black bird stripped off their feathers
they issued the jubilee of plenary indulgence
in eucharistic communion expressing effects
of anxieties intercessed and intersexed
the black bird stripped off their feathers
and threw themselves into a thicket of thorns
protected by presence of viper and crown
a sacramental medal of uncertain origin
the poison was offered the glass was broken
they issued the jubilee of plenary indulgence
the black bird stripped off their feathers
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