Our Miraculous Shipwreck

First the birds leak outside,
awakened in a brouhaha of prayers.
Guadalupe's apparition warmed blood

stained flags. Blessed Muslim mother,
what oil war frees your tradition?
We're blogosphere incarnate here.

Book five to one on catastrophe.
This hulk's shipping water
and all we do is pray.

--David Stinson

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At Pearl Harbor, a cautious wait