she did not stretch 60 feet tall
like that day on the Clearwater
building in Florida
when the city had to install
sidewalks and portable restrooms
for thousands of pilgrims
nor did she appear
on a griddle at a restaurant
on the California-Mexican border.
She remembered that Jesus
had a thing for showing up
on fish sticks or bacon
on a banana peel
or as a ruffled dark spot
on a potato chip
by all accounts
Mother Teressa
was partial to cinnamon buns.
Our Lady of
confided all of this
to a guy seated at a pew
scrolling absently
through his phone
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