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TOWARD THE CROSS THEY WALK

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Toward the cross they walk

children of the damned

tell me, whatever did they do?

They were born, that is all!

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Their mothers were unwed

Oh! shame  Oh! horror

quickly, hide them away

work them to the bone

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Pictures of Virgin Mary

paragon of motherly virtue

displayed on workhouse walls

reminders to the decadent

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Poem and Painting  Toward The Cross They Walk  Copyright To Anne Frandi-Coory –

All Rights Reserved  20 October 2014

Painting by Anne Frandi-Coory: Acrylic on canvas 90cm x 60cm 

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Read more of my poem  *Toward The Cross They Walk* 

here in DRAGONS DESERTS and DREAMS

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Available here at AMAZON in Kindle e book or paperback 

In memory of those long lost and forgotten children in Catholic orphanages and other institutions,  and mothers who had their babies taken from them, including my mother, Doreen Frandi.

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