THE GHOSTS
OF
CHRISTMAS PAST
#3
Christmas Eve tradition
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| Rocking the Baby |
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| Angelic |
On this
Christmas Eve
The first and only time
My son was an altar boy.
Midnight mass
Carmelite Monastery/home to the
cloistered Carmelite nuns.
We love those girls.
They possess
a small relic
a small piece
of the original cross
My son's job
was to rock
The Baby
in
The Cradle
People lined up
to kiss
the glass
of
the small relic
of
the small piece
of
the original cross
The other altar boy
had a clean white starched handkerchief
that he used
to wipe
the glass
after
each kiss.
