For Reverend Theodore Richardson <br /> <br />If Mary came would Mary <br />Forgive, as Mothers may, <br />And sad and second Saviour <br />Furnish us today? <br /> <br />She would not shake her head and leave <br />This military air, <br />But ratify a modern hay, <br />And put her Baby there. <br /> <br />Mary would not punish men— <br />If Mary came again.<br /><br />Gwendolyn Brooks<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-penitent-considers-another-coming-of-mary/
