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[aid] => mick
[title] => The Altar
[time] => 2008-12-24 19:23:03
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[bodytext] => My grandmother had an altar in the middle of the living room Mother Mary statute four feet tall on the table it rose seven feet towering over all. A family emergency a candle was lit she would kneel pray candle flickering on her face lit like heaven was supplying the electricity; so serene that face and most often the hallway phone would ring and I swear that family emergency had been resolved somehow someway . Came Christmas I was alone with the Madonna and I knelt just like Grandma lit my candle too and prayed for a toy tank. Got one too except it came on the TV America was fighting the Korean War. My thought to this day maybe I did it wrong but can't risk doing it again the whole world might get destroyed. Just one of those kid fears that lingers on. Oh I still pray but now I just leave those candles alone. Apparently my praying is too powerful and by not praying that way I save the whole world from me everyday. [comments] => 1 [counter] => 143 [topic] => 43 [informant] => lnnie [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => oops )
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