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Christening
A spiritual look at what children are and how their names might reflect their purpose.
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Christening

She quickens her children
with the rite of breath,
for they are born of flesh.

And we name them with this paradox:
Uriah the Sword of Jehovah,
Shiloh the Giver of Peace.

The militant sword
shall triumph in peace,
for they are born of spirit.

As I am man to this woman,
flesh is flesh,
spirit is spirit.

I need not tell her this--
she knows and weaves
such strong tautologies

into
children.
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